--- title: Did the junior secretary believe in dragons, or was he well sceptical? — Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the junior secretary believe in dragons, or was he well sceptical? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/655-pg23661-part23/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/655-pg23661-part23/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats… Did the junior secretary believe in dragons, or was he well sceptical? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** junior secretary, secretary · **What happens:** do, believe, be This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/655-pg23661-part23/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t5:1 # text = Did the junior secretary believe in dragons, or was he well sceptical? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 junior junior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 secretary secretary NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 sceptical sceptical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **believe** | present | the junior secretary | | | | | in dragons | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | secretary | | | | | sceptical, well *property* | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} He was sceptical ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t5:o1:1 # text = He was sceptical 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sceptical sceptical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | sceptical *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} He thought they were real ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t5:o2:1 # text = He thought they were real 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | they | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He did not believe in them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t5:o3:1 # text = He did not believe in them 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **believe** | past · do-support | He | | | | | in them *= they* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} He believed in them fully ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:655-pg23661-part23:t5:o4:1 # text = He believed in them fully 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 believed believe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 fully fully ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | past | He | | | | | in them *= they*; fully *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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