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title: What was the condition of the fruit that Proserpina consumed in the… — Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seed… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the condition of the fruit that Proserpina consumed in the king's palace? Exam question 3 of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 3 · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpi…

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What was the condition of the fruit that Proserpina consumed in the king's palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Proserpina · **What happens:** be, consume · **To what, where:** condition, fruit, palace

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2075 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 34: Proserpina eats a dry pomegranate and leaves Pluto's realm» 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/2075-pg976-part34/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e3:1
# text = What was the condition of the fruit that Proserpina consumed in the king's palace?
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	condition	condition	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	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	Proserpina	Proserpina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	consumed	consume	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	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 condition |  |  |  | of the fruit | tree rules |
| 2 | **consume** | past | Proserpina | the fruit *not said here* |  | the king's palace |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Dry and shrivelled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e3:o1:1
# text = Dry and shrivelled
1	Dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	shrivelled	shrivell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shrivell** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Plump, glossy and full of juice when picked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e3:o2:1
# text = Plump, glossy and full of juice when picked
1	Plump	plump	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	glossy	glossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
9	picked	pick	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pick** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bright red and sweet-smelling as if just cut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e3:o3:1
# text = Bright red and sweet-smelling as if just cut
1	Bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **cut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Soft and bruised

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2075-pg976-part34:e3:o4:1
# text = Soft and bruised
1	Soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	bruised	bruise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bruise** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: 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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