--- title: What evidence shows that Telephassa's resolve had weakened by the cl… — Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth,… · tree and pragmatics description: What evidence shows that Telephassa's resolve had weakened by the close of the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2057-pg976-part16/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/) / [Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/2057-pg976-part16/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays… What evidence shows that Telephassa's resolve had weakened by the close of the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** evidence, resolve · **What happens:** show, weaken · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 3 of lesson 2057 «Tanglewood Tales, The Dragon's Teeth, part 16: Cilix stays behind, Thasus stops, and Telephassa and Cadmus walk on alone» 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/2057-pg976-part16/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e3:1 # text = What evidence shows that Telephassa's resolve had weakened by the close of the narrative? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 Telephassa Telephassa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 resolve resolve NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 weakened weaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 close close NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 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 . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | what evidence | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **weaken** | past · perfect | Telephassa's resolve | | | | | by the close of the narrative | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient 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} She said she had lost faith and walked on slowly with her companions ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e3:o1:1 # text = She said she had lost faith and walked on slowly with her companions 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 on on ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | She | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **lose** | past · perfect | she | faith | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Eventuality | | 3 | **walk on** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | with her companions; slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} She confessed her hopes were growing faint and walked with less alacrity ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e3:o2:1 # text = She confessed her hopes were growing faint and walked with less alacrity 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 confessed confess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 7 faint faint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 12 amod _ _ 12 alacrity alacrity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **confess** | past | She | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **grow** | past · progressive | her hopes | | | | | faint *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **walk** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | with less alacrity | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hope** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} She gave up walking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e3:o3:1 # text = She gave up walking 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give up** | past | She | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} She wept and sat down ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:2057-pg976-part16:e3:o4:1 # text = She wept and sat down 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 down down ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weep** | past | She | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sit down** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: 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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