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description: Which of the following is the punishment inflicted upon the wicked sister at the conclusion of the narrative? Exam question 1 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 1 · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

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Which of the following is the punishment inflicted upon the wicked sister at the conclusion of the narrative?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister'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/1663-pg5615-part52/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e1:1
# text = Which of the following is the punishment inflicted upon the wicked sister at the conclusion of the narrative?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	inflicted	inflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the punishment | tree rules |
| 3 | **inflict** | participle |  | the punishment *not said here* |  | the conclusion of the narrative |  | upon the wicked sister | tree rules |
| 4 | **conclude** |  |  | the narrative |  |  |  |  | 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}

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A barrel bristling with spikes, dragged by six wild horses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e1:o1:1
# text = A barrel bristling with spikes, dragged by six wild horses
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bristling	bristle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	spikes	spike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bristle** | gerund | a barrel *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with spikes | vn bulge-47.5.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location with spike=Theme |
| 2 | **drag** | participle |  | spikes *not said here* |  |  |  | by six wild horses | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by horse=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hanged from the palace gate in full view of the whole crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e1:o2:1
# text = Hanged from the palace gate in full view of the whole crowd
1	Hanged	Hanged	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **view** |  |  | the whole crowd |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Thrown into the serpent-pit for the rest of her days

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e1:o3:1
# text = Thrown into the serpent-pit for the rest of her days
1	Thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | into the serpent pit *result*; for the rest of her days | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer into pit=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was made to walk barefoot across burning coals in the square before the whole court and crowd

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1663-pg5615-part52:e1:o4:1
# text = She was made to walk barefoot across burning coals in the square before the whole court and crowd
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	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	barefoot	barefoot	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	burning	burn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	coals	coal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	before	before	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* |  |  | burning coals | before the whole court and crowd | in the square; barefoot *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across coal=Trajectory |
| 3 | **burn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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