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title: What was the outcome of the contest at sea between the Witch's party… — Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the outcome of the contest at sea between the Witch's party and the whale? Exam question 4 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 4 · Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
What was the outcome of the contest at sea between the Witch's party and the whale?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** outcome

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1746 «Danish Fairy Tales, Hadvor and Hermod: Hadvor frees Hermod, and Hermod becomes King» 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/1746-pg640-part70/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e4:1
# text = What was the outcome of the contest at sea between the Witch's party and the whale?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	between	between	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Witch	Witch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the outcome |  |  |  | of the contest at sea; between the Witch's party and the whale | tree rules |

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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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The whale swallowed the boat and all the crew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e4:o1:1
# text = The whale swallowed the boat and all the crew
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swallow** | past | the whale | the boat and all crew |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sea was dyed with blood and the big whale and fifteen smaller ones vanished completely

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e4:o2:1
# text = The sea was dyed with blood and the big whale and fifteen smaller ones vanished completely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dyed	dye	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
13	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
15	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | past · passive |  | the sea |  |  |  | with blood and the big whale | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **vanish** | past | fifteen smaller ones |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The sea was dyed with blood and the whales vanished

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e4:o3:1
# text = The sea was dyed with blood and the whales vanished
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	dyed	dye	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	whales	whale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	vanished	vanish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | past · passive |  | the sea |  |  |  | with blood | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 2 | **vanish** | past | the whales |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Witch's party won and the whale sank to the bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1746-pg640-part70:e4:o4:1
# text = The Witch's party won and the whale sank to the bottom
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Witch	Witch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	won	win	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	whale	whale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sank	sink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past | the Witch's party |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sink** | past | the whale |  |  |  |  | to the bottom | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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