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title: Which penalty did the spectre state would follow a fourth visit to t… — Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which penalty did the spectre state would follow a fourth visit to the treasure chamber? Exam question 1 of lesson 686 «Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells how to win the root, and poor Peter makes a plan» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells ho…

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Which penalty did the spectre state would follow a fourth visit to the treasure chamber?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** penalty · **What happens:** follow · **To what, where:** fourth visit, treasure chamber

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 686 «Household Tales, The Spring-Root, part 26: Blaize tells how to win the root, and poor Peter makes a plan» 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/686-pg2435-part26/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e1:1
# text = Which penalty did the spectre state would follow a fourth visit to the treasure chamber?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	spectre	spectre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	fourth	fourth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
11	visit	visit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | would · past · do-support | which penalty | a fourth visit |  | the treasure chamber |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent visit=Theme to chamber=Trajectory |

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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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Death by fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e1:o1:1
# text = Death by fire
1	Death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **die** |  | fire |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Madness that ends in the cold river water

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e1:o2:1
# text = Madness that ends in the cold river water
1	Madness	madness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | Madness |  |  | the cold river water |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A fall down the steep stone steps, a broken leg, and a curse

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e1:o3:1
# text = A fall down the steep stone steps, a broken leg, and a curse
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	amod	_	_
11	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	curse	curse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A fall down the stone steps and a broken leg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:686-pg2435-part26:e1:o4:1
# text = A fall down the stone steps and a broken leg
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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