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title: What was the ultimate fate of the enchanted treasures displayed to t… — Household Tales, The Youth and the Wit… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the ultimate fate of the enchanted treasures displayed to the youth? Exam question 4 of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of th
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# Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: t…

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What was the ultimate fate of the enchanted treasures displayed to the youth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ultimate fate · **What happens:** be, enchant, display, fate · **To what, where:** youth, enchanted treasures

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1680 «Household Tales, The Youth and the Witch-maiden, part 4: the birds lead him to the moonlit spring» 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/1680-pg640-part4/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:e4:1
# text = What was the ultimate fate of the enchanted treasures displayed to the youth?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ultimate	ultimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	fate	fate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
10	displayed	display	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **display** | past | the ultimate fate of the enchanted treasures |  | the youth |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to youth=Recipient |
| 4 | **fate** |  |  | the enchanted treasures |  |  |  |  | nom fate «event 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 {#o1}

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They rusted away.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = They rusted away.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rusted	rust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rust away** | past | They |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They dissolved like mist, leaving no sign.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = They dissolved like mist, leaving no sign.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | participle | They |  |  |  |  | like mist | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | They *not said here* | no sign |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They faded like smoke, leaving only ash.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = They faded like smoke, leaving only ash.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	faded	fade	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	ash	ash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fade** | past | They |  |  |  |  | like smoke | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | They *not said here* | ash |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They dissipated like the wind, leaving no trace.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1680-pg640-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = They dissipated like the wind, leaving no trace.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dissipated	dissipate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	trace	trace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissipate** | past | They |  |  |  |  | like the wind | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund | They *not said here* | no trace |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trace=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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