--- title: According to the account, what was the final fate of the coal upon e… — Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Be… · tree and pragmatics description: According to the account, what was the final fate of the coal upon entering the water? Exam question 2 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/730-pg2591-part6/e2/) [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/) / [Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Be…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/730-pg2591-part6/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways a… According to the account, what was the final fate of the coal upon entering the water? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** account, final fate · **What happens:** accord, be, enter · **To what, where:** final fate, water This is exam question 2 of lesson 730 «Grimm, The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: three runaways almost die, and a bean ends up with a black seam» 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/730-pg2591-part6/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e2:1 # text = According to the account, what was the final fate of the coal upon entering the water? 1 According accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 case _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 final final ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 coal coal NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 entering enter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 acl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the account | the final fate | | | | of the coal | tree rules | | 3 | **enter** | gerund | the final fate *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme water=Destination | 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 fizzled and vanished ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e2:o1:1 # text = She fizzled and vanished 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fizzled fizzle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 vanished vanish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fizzle** | past | She | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | | 2 | **vanish** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} She sank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e2:o2:1 # text = She sank 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sink** | past | She | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} She hissed and expired ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e2:o3:1 # text = She hissed and expired 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hissed hiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 expired expired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hiss** | past | She | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} She hissed and sank ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:730-pg2591-part6:e2:o4:1 # text = She hissed and sank 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hissed hiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 sank sink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hiss** | past | She | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **sink** | past | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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