--- title: What fate was formally assigned to the false slave by the king? — Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38:… · tree and pragmatics description: What fate was formally assigned to the false slave by the king? Exam question 4 of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1649-pg5615-part38/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/) / [Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1649-pg5615-part38/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steal… What fate was formally assigned to the false slave by the king? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** king · **What happens:** assign · **To what, where:** fate, false slave This is exam question 4 of lesson 1649 «Fairy Book, The Two Brothers, part 38: a false slave steals the credit, then a brother rescues the other from a witch» 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/1649-pg5615-part38/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e4:1 # text = What fate was formally assigned to the false slave by the king? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 formally formally ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 assigned assign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 slave slave NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assign** | past · passive | the king | what fate | | | | to the false slave *goal*; formally *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to slave=Goal | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Execution by beheading ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e4:o1:1 # text = Execution by beheading 1 Execution execution NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 beheading beheading NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **execute** | | beheading | | | | | | nom execution «act transitive»: by=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hanging ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e4:o2:1 # text = Hanging 1 Hanging hang VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hang** | gerund | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Banishment from the realm ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e4:o3:1 # text = Banishment from the realm 1 Banishment banishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Burning at the stake ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1649-pg5615-part38:e4:o4:1 # text = Burning at the stake 1 Burning burn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 stake stake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burn** | gerund | | | | the stake | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stake=Location | **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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