--- title: What was the eventual fate of the three dogs upon the conclusion of… — Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Drago… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the eventual fate of the three dogs upon the conclusion of the narrative? Exam question 4 of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» of the books course --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1941-pg7277-part78/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/) / [Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Drago…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1941-pg7277-part78/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's do… What was the eventual fate of the three dogs upon the conclusion of the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, conclude · **To what, where:** eventual fate, narrative This is exam question 4 of lesson 1941 «Folk-Tales, The Shepherd and the Dragon: the shepherd's dog slays the dragon, the false coachman takes the reward, and the shepherd returns to win the princess back» 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/1941-pg7277-part78/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e4:1 # text = What was the eventual fate of the three dogs upon the conclusion of the narrative? 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 eventual eventual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fate fate 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 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 dogs dog NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 conclusion conclusion 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 narrative narrative 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 eventual fate | | | | of the three dogs upon the conclusion of the narrative | tree rules | | 2 | **conclude** | | | the narrative | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=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 {#o1} they turned to doves and rose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e4:o1:1 # text = they turned to doves and rose 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | they | | | doves and rose | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to dove=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} they became stars and sank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e4:o2:1 # text = they became stars and sank 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 stars star NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | they | stars | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sink** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} they became birds and flew to heaven ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e4:o3:1 # text = they became birds and flew to heaven 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | they | birds | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **fly** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | to heaven *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to heaven=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} they became doves and flew north ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1941-pg7277-part78:e4:o4:1 # text = they became doves and flew north 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 north north ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | they | doves | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **fly** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | north *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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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