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title: Which of the following correctly identifies the punishment inflicted… — Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following correctly identifies the punishment inflicted upon the wicked Queen at the conclusion of the tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 1579 «Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the wicked Queen's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 4 · Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following correctly identifies the punishment inflicted upon the wicked Queen at the conclusion of the tale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, identify, inflict, conclude · **To what, where:** punishment, conclusion, tale

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1579 «Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, the glass coffin and the wicked Queen's end» 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/1579-pg540-part76/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:e4:1
# text = Which of the following correctly identifies the punishment inflicted upon the wicked Queen at the conclusion of the tale?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	inflicted	inflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | present |  | the punishment |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent punishment=Theme |
| 3 | **inflict** | participle |  | the punishment *not said here* |  | the conclusion of the tale |  | upon the wicked Queen | tree rules |
| 4 | **conclude** |  |  | the tale |  |  |  |  | nom conclusion «cognition 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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:e4:o1:1
# text = She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died.
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	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **dance** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | hot iron shoes |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location |
| 3 | **die** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died before the entire court.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:e4:o2:1
# text = She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died before the entire court.
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	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
15	before	before	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **dance** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | hot iron shoes |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location |
| 3 | **die** | past | she |  |  |  | before the entire court |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was locked in a tower until she starved.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:e4:o3:1
# text = She was locked in a tower until she starved.
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	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	starved	starve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | past · passive |  | She |  | a tower |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **starve** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died, as a warning to all wicked queens who would harm their stepdaughters.

<!-- fold The tree, 25 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1579-pg540-part76:e4:o4:1
# text = She was compelled to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she died, as a warning to all wicked queens who would harm their stepdaughters.
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	compelled	compel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	dance	dance	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
21	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	queens	queen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
24	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	harm	harm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	acl:relcl	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	stepdaughters	stepdaughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compel** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **dance** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | hot iron shoes |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shoe=Location |
| 3 | **die** | past | she |  |  |  |  | as a warning to all wicked queens | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 4 | **harm** | would | all wicked queens | queens's stepdaughters |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus stepdaughter=Experiencer |

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