--- title: What was the principal consequence of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the… — Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal consequence of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the Foal's instructions? Exam question 3 of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1582-pg540-part79/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/) / [Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderla…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1582-pg540-part79/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads a… What was the principal consequence of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the Foal's instructions? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Cinderlad, Foal · **What happens:** be, fulfil, instruct · **To what, where:** principal consequence, instructions This is exam question 3 of lesson 1582 «Popular Tales from the Norse, Cinderlad: the seven heads and the wedding» 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/1582-pg540-part79/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e3:1 # text = What was the principal consequence of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the Foal's instructions? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 Cinderlad Cinderlad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 fulfilment fulfilment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Foal Foal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 instructions instruction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal consequence | | | | of Cinderlad's fulfilment of the Foal's instructions | tree rules | | 2 | **fulfil** | | Cinderlad | the Foal's instructions | | | | | nom fulfilment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | | 3 | **instruct** | | the Foal | | | | | | nom instruction «communication 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 {#o1} The Troll was defeated and the foals were freed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e3:o1:1 # text = The Troll was defeated and the foals were freed 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Troll Troll PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 defeated defeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defeat** | past · passive | | the Troll | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **free** | past · passive | | the foals | | | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The seven brothers were restored to princely form ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e3:o2:1 # text = The seven brothers were restored to princely form 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 princely princely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restore** | past · passive | | the seven brothers | princely form | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to form=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} The seven foals galloped off to the hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e3:o3:1 # text = The seven foals galloped off to the hills 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 galloped gallop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gallop off** | past | the seven foals | | | the hills | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to hill=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} They became kings ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1582-pg540-part79:e3:o4:1 # text = They became kings 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | They | kings | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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