--- title: What was the fate of the impostor at the close of the tale? — Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the fate of the impostor at the close of the tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/e4/) [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/) / [Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three b…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1565-pg540-part62/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pi… What was the fate of the impostor at the close of the tale? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fate · **What happens:** be, fate · **To what, where:** impostor This is exam question 4 of lesson 1565 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Canary: three burnt geese, and a pin pulled from a bird» 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/1565-pg540-part62/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e4:1 # text = What was the fate of the impostor at the close of the tale? 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 _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 impostor impostor NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the fate of the impostor at the close of the tale | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **fate** | | | the impostor at the close of the tale | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: of=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} forgiven and freed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e4:o1:1 # text = forgiven and freed 1 forgiven forgive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forgive** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **free** | participle | | | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer | ### Option 2 {#o2} sent back home ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e4:o2:1 # text = sent back home 1 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 back back ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send back** | participle | | | | | | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} pardoned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e4:o3:1 # text = pardoned 1 pardoned pardon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pardon** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} pardoned and expelled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1565-pg540-part62:e4:o4:1 # text = pardoned and expelled 1 pardoned pardon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 expelled expel VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pardon** | participle | | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **expel** | participle | | | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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