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title: What was the fate of the Stalo mother following the destruction of h… — Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the fate of the Stalo mother following the destruction of her cane? Exam question 2 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases A…

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What was the fate of the Stalo mother following the destruction of her cane?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** fate, Stalo mother · **What happens:** be, follow, fate, destroy · **To what, where:** destruction, Stalo mother, cane

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1194 «Lapland Tales, Andras Baive, part 60: the bailiff chases Andras, who outwits him with reindeer magic and a daring leap» 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/1194-pg3027-part60/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e2:1
# text = What was the fate of the Stalo mother following the destruction of her cane?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Stalo	Stalo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	cane	cane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the fate of the Stalo mother |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | the Stalo mother *not said here* | the destruction of her cane |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent destruction=Theme |
| 3 | **fate** |  |  | the Stalo mother |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **destroy** |  |  | her cane |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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She was reduced to ashes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e2:o1:1
# text = She was reduced to ashes
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | to ashes *goal* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Patient to ash=Goal |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She fled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e2:o2:1
# text = She fled
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flee** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She died

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e2:o3:1
# text = She died
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She was frozen in ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1194-pg3027-part60:e2:o4:1
# text = She was frozen in ice
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past · passive |  | She |  | ice |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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