--- title: Which penalty was imposed upon the old witch through the maidens' de… — Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra… · tree and pragmatics description: Which penalty was imposed upon the old witch through the maidens' design? Exam question 3 of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1456-pg503-part43/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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a cra…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1456-pg503-part43/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince a… Which penalty was imposed upon the old witch through the maidens' design? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** maidens · **What happens:** impose, design · **To what, where:** penalty, design This is exam question 3 of lesson 1456 «Blue Fairy Book, The Water-Lily: a crab becomes a prince again and the witch is punished» 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/1456-pg503-part43/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e3:1 # text = Which penalty was imposed upon the old witch through the maidens' design? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 penalty penalty NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 imposed impose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ' 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **impose** | past · passive | | which penalty | | the maidens's design | | upon the old witch | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **design** | | the maidens | | | | | | nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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} She ate a poisoned pie and died ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e3:o1:1 # text = She ate a poisoned pie and died 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 pie pie NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 died die VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | She | a poisoned pie | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pie=Patient | | 2 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **die** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ### Option 2 {#o2} She was burned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e3:o2:1 # text = She was burned 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 burned burn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | past · passive | | She | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} She swallowed poison and expired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e3:o3:1 # text = She swallowed poison and expired 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 swallowed swallow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 expired expire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **swallow** | past | She | poison | | | | | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poison=Patient | | 2 | **expire** | participle | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She consumed a poisoned cake and expired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1456-pg503-part43:e3:o4:1 # text = She consumed a poisoned cake and expired 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 consumed consume VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 poisoned poison VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 expired expire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consume** | past | She | a poisoned cake | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Asset | | 2 | **poison** | participle | | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **expire** | participle | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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