--- title: Determine the condition under which a Will-o'-the-Wisp is condemned… — Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp… · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the condition under which a Will-o'-the-Wisp is condemned to imprisonment in decayed wood. Exam question 3 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1026-pg27200-part237/e3/) [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/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1026-pg27200-part237/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 2… Determine the condition under which a Will-o'-the-Wisp is condemned to imprisonment in decayed wood. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, condemn, decay · **To what, where:** condition, Wisp This is exam question 3 of lesson 1026 «Andersen's Tales, The Will-o'-the-Wisp in the Town, part 237: the Moor-woman shows the man her cupboard of poetry and tells him about the new Will-o'-the-Wisps born in the marsh» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/1026-pg27200-part237/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e3:1 # text = Determine the condition under which a Will-o'-the-Wisp is condemned to imprisonment in decayed wood. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 under under ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 obl _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 o of ADP IN Abbr=Yes 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 Wisp wisp NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 imprisonment imprisonment NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 decayed decay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the condition | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | | 2 | **condemn** | present · passive | | the Wisp | | | | to imprisonment in decayed wood | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **decay** | participle | | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Failure to lead the people of the village from their path ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e3:o1:1 # text = Failure to lead the people of the village from their path 1 Failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 village village NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | to-infinitive | Failure | the people of the village | | people's path | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme from path=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Failure to lead three hundred and sixty-five people from the truth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e3:o2:1 # text = Failure to lead three hundred and sixty-five people from the truth 1 Failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | to-infinitive | Failure | hundred people | | the truth | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme from truth=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Refusing to lead three hundred and sixty-five travellers into the marsh ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e3:o3:1 # text = Refusing to lead three hundred and sixty-five travellers into the marsh 1 Refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ 10 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **refuse** | gerund | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **lead** | to-infinitive | | hundred travellers | | the marsh | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent traveller=Theme into marsh=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Failure to lead three hundred and sixty-five people from the truth, or to return to the marsh with them ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1026-pg27200-part237:e3:o4:1 # text = Failure to lead three hundred and sixty-five people from the truth, or to return to the marsh with them 1 Failure failure NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 compound _ _ 5 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 conj _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 11 from from ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 return return VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 marsh marsh NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | to-infinitive | Failure | hundred people | | the truth | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme from truth=Destination | | 2 | **return** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to the marsh *result*; with people | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to marsh=Result | **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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