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description: Which of the following best identifies the punishment the King imposed upon youths who failed in their duty to the seven foals? Exam question 2 of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» of the books course of 
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# Exam question 2 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderla…

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Which of the following best identifies the punishment the King imposed upon youths who failed in their duty to the seven foals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** punishment, youths · **What happens:** follow, identify, impose, fail · **To what, where:** duty

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1581 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad, part 78: Cinderlad sets out to watch the seven foals and meets the old hag» 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/1581-pg540-part78/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e2:1
# text = Which of the following best identifies the punishment the King imposed upon youths who failed in their duty to the seven foals?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	identifies	identify	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	imposed	impose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	failed	fail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	duty	duty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	foals	foal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	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 |  |  |  |  |  | of the best | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 3 | **impose** | past | the punishment |  |  |  |  | upon youths | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fail** | past | youths |  |  | youths's duty |  | to the seven foals | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in duty=Eventuality |

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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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Three red stripes cut upon the back and salt rubbed into them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e2:o1:1
# text = Three red stripes cut upon the back and salt rubbed into them
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stripes	stripe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	salt	salt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | participle |  | Three red stripes *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the back and salt | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **rub** | participle |  | the back and salt *not said here* |  |  |  | into back | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Two red marks burned upon the arm and dust rubbed into them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e2:o2:1
# text = Two red marks burned upon the arm and dust rubbed into them
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	burned	burn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	dust	dust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burn** | past | Two red marks |  |  | the arm and dust |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon arm=Location |
| 2 | **rub** | participle | Two red marks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into marks *= mark* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Three deep cuts across the hand and pepper rubbed into them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e2:o3:1
# text = Three deep cuts across the hand and pepper rubbed into them
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cuts	cut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	pepper	pepper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	rubbed	rub	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rub** | participle |  | pepper *not said here* |  |  |  | into hand | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into they=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sound beating

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1581-pg540-part78:e2:o4:1
# text = A sound beating
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	beating	beating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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