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title: Which outcome concludes the narrative and resolves the central confl… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the q… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which outcome concludes the narrative and resolves the central conflict between the queen and the young princess? Exam question 4 of lesson 106 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the prince's wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned appl…

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Which outcome concludes the narrative and resolves the central conflict between the queen and the young princess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** outcome · **What happens:** conclude, resolve · **To what, where:** narrative, central conflict

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 106 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snow-White: the queen's poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the prince's wedding» 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/106-pg11027-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:e4:1
# text = Which outcome concludes the narrative and resolves the central conflict between the queen and the young princess?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	concludes	conclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	resolves	resolve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	between	between	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | present | which outcome | the narrative |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent narrative=Theme |
| 2 | **resolve** | present | which outcome *not said here* | the central conflict |  |  |  | between the queen and the young princess | tree rules |

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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}

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The prince leaves and the queen is crowned

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = The prince leaves and the queen is crowned
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	leaves	leave	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	crowned	crown	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **crown** | present · passive |  | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Snow-White marries the prince, the dwarfs cry, and the queen is undone by her own envy in a dark cellar

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = Snow-White marries the prince, the dwarfs cry, and the queen is undone by her own envy in a dark cellar
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	White	White	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marries	marry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	cry	cry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	undone	undo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | present | White | Snow |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | present | the dwarfs |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **undo** | present · passive | queen's own envy | the queen |  | a dark cellar |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 4 | **envy** |  | queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom envy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Snow-White marries the prince and the queen is undone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = Snow-White marries the prince and the queen is undone
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	White	White	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marries	marry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	undone	undo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | present | Snow White | the prince |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |
| 2 | **undo** | present · passive |  | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Snow-White marries the prince, and the queen is undone by dancing in red-hot shoes

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:106-pg11027-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = Snow-White marries the prince, and the queen is undone by dancing in red-hot shoes
1	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	White	White	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	marries	marry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	undone	undo	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	dancing	dance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **marry** | present | White | Snow |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |
| 2 | **undo** | present · passive |  | the queen |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **dance** | gerund |  |  |  | red hot shoes |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location |

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