It's a good question. Unfortunately, we need to know a little more of the context. It requires an exact or literal meaning (connotation). I don't think we can really tell from what we are given.
I would choose on the basis of lifeless. That being the case, dead is perhaps the best meaning you could use. You may know more about the story and unfinished could very well be correct.
I'd still choose dead. The fabric is lying on the ground lifeless. It is soon to take wing and have a life of its own. That sort of sounds like what the soul might do upon dying.
They are obedient, they know or when not to do something such as going to the bathroom, they understand common things such as fetch sit stand or stay, and they know how to walk on a leash
