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title: With reference to the narrative, state the final situation of the wi… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the narrative, state the final situation of the wife as described at the conclusion of the tale. Exam question 1 of lesson 1938 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut» of the books course 
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greed…

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With reference to the narrative, state the final situation of the wife as described at the conclusion of the tale.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, conclude · **To what, where:** final situation, conclusion, tale

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1938 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Fisherman and His Wife: the greedy wife wants to be emperor, then pope, then god, and ends back in her hut» 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/1938-pg7277-part75/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e1:1
# text = With reference to the narrative, state the final situation of the wife as described at the conclusion of the tale.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
15	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | participle · passive |  | the final situation of the wife |  | the conclusion of the tale |  | with reference to the narrative and state | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **conclude** |  |  | the tale |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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She returns to the old hut again.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e1:o1:1
# text = She returns to the old hut again.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	returns	return	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | She |  |  |  | again | to the old hut *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to hut=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She is back home.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e1:o2:1
# text = She is back home.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  |  |  | back, home *property* | tree rules |

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

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She is returned to her former hut.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e1:o3:1
# text = She is returned to her former hut.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present · passive |  | She |  | her former hut |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hut=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She is sent back to the cottage.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1938-pg7277-part75:e1:o4:1
# text = She is sent back to the cottage.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send back** | present · passive |  | She |  | the cottage |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to cottage=Destination |

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