--- title: What was the final condition of the transformed toads at the close o… — Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the t… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the final condition of the transformed toads at the close of the tale? Exam question 4 of lesson 1686 «Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1686-pg640-part10/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/) / [Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1686-pg640-part10/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts and the… What was the final condition of the transformed toads at the close of the tale? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, transform · **To what, where:** final condition This is exam question 4 of lesson 1686 «Household Tales, The Iron Stove, the toad's gifts 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/1686-pg640-part10/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e4:1 # text = What was the final condition of the transformed toads at the close of the tale? 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 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 transformed transform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the final condition | | | | of the transformed toads at the close of the tale | tree rules | | 2 | **transform** | participle | | | | | | | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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} left as toads forever ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e4:o1:1 # text = left as toads forever 1 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 forever forever ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | as toads; forever *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} as frogs again ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e4:o2:1 # text = as frogs again 1 as as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 frogs frog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 again again ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} as toads still ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e4:o3:1 # text = as toads still 1 as as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 toads toad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} restored as royal children ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1686-pg640-part10:e4:o4:1 # text = restored as royal children 1 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **restore** | participle | | | | | | as royal children | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | **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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