--- title: What was the final fate of the wolf, as recorded in the narrative? — English Fairy Tales, The Three Little… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the final fate of the wolf, as recorded in the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 1952 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Little Pigs: the wolf fails at three houses and ends up boiled in the pot» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1952-pg7439-part11/e3/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, The Three Little…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1952-pg7439-part11/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, The Three Little Pigs: the wolf fails… What was the final fate of the wolf, as recorded in the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, record · **To what, where:** final fate, narrative This is exam question 3 of lesson 1952 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Little Pigs: the wolf fails at three houses and ends up boiled in the pot» 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/1952-pg7439-part11/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1952-pg7439-part11:e3:1 # text = What was the final fate of the wolf, as recorded in 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 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the final fate | | | | of the wolf | tree rules | | 2 | **record** | participle | | | | the narrative | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination | 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} He was boiled ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1952-pg7439-part11:e3:o1:1 # text = He was boiled 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was boiled and consumed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1952-pg7439-part11:e3:o2:1 # text = He was boiled and consumed 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 boiled boil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 consumed consume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **consume** | participle | | | | | | | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} He ran home to his den ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1952-pg7439-part11:e3:o3:1 # text = He ran home to his den 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 home home ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 den den NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | He | | | | | to his den *result*; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to den=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was chased out of the wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1952-pg7439-part11:e3:o4:1 # text = He was chased out of the wood 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chase** | past · passive | | He | | the wood | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme out wood=Trajectory | **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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