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title: What was the eventual fate of the stable helper who had contrived th… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: mu… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the eventual fate of the stable helper who had contrived the youth's downfall? Exam question 4 of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 4 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth…

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What was the eventual fate of the stable helper who had contrived the youth's downfall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stable helper · **What happens:** be, contrive · **To what, where:** eventual fate, downfall

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» 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/683-pg2435-part23/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e4:1
# text = What was the eventual fate of the stable helper who had contrived the youth's downfall?
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	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	helper	helper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	contrived	contrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	downfall	downfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the eventual fate |  |  |  | of the stable helper | tree rules |
| 2 | **contrive** | past · perfect | the stable helper | the youth's downfall |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent downfall=Result |

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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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He was thrown into the river, consumed by envy, after the king learned of his lies

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e4:o1:1
# text = He was thrown into the river, consumed by envy, after the king learned of his lies
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	learned	learn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	lies	lie	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | into the river *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into river=Result |
| 2 | **consume** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by envy | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **learn** | past | the king |  |  |  |  | of king's lies | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of lie=Topic |
| 4 | **lie** |  | king |  |  |  |  |  | nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He drowned himself, consumed by envy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e4:o2:1
# text = He drowned himself, consumed by envy
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | He | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **consume** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by envy | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He starved in the dungeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e4:o3:1
# text = He starved in the dungeon
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	starved	starve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dungeon	dungeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **starve** | past | He |  |  | the dungeon |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He drowned himself, consumed by envy and bitter rage at the youth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:683-pg2435-part23:e4:o4:1
# text = He drowned himself, consumed by envy and bitter rage at the youth
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drowned	drown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	envy	envy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	youth	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drown** | past | He | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 2 | **consume** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  | the youth |  | by envy and bitter rage | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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