--- title: What fate befell the robber captain at the conclusion of the episode? — Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant · tree and pragmatics description: What fate befell the robber captain at the conclusion of the episode? Exam question 3 of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/685-pg2435-part25/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/685-pg2435-part25/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant What fate befell the robber captain at the conclusion of the episode? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** fate · **What happens:** befall, conclude · **To what, where:** robber captain, conclusion, episode This is exam question 3 of lesson 685 «Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Giant» 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/685-pg2435-part25/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e3:1 # text = What fate befell the robber captain at the conclusion of the episode? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 captain captain NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 episode episode NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | past | what fate | the robber captain | | the conclusion of the episode | | | tree rules | | 2 | **conclude** | | | the episode | | | | | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He was blinded ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e3:o1:1 # text = He was blinded 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 blinded blind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blind** | past · passive | | He | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He was blinded and cast into a deep hole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e3:o2:1 # text = He was blinded and cast into a deep hole 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 blinded blind VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 cast cast VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **blind** | past · passive | | He | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cast** | participle | | | | a deep hole | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into hole=Product | ### Option 3 {#o3} He was exiled and sent beyond the hills ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e3:o3:1 # text = He was exiled and sent beyond the hills 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 exiled exile VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 6 beyond beyond ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exile** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **send** | participle | | | | | | beyond the hills | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was jailed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:685-pg2435-part25:e3:o4:1 # text = He was jailed 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 jailed jail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jail** | past · passive | | He | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=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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