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title: Which natural element was described as the cause of Knud's second de… — Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Jo… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which natural element was described as the cause of Knud's second departure from his lodging? Exam question 4 of lesson 1016 «Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for Fran…

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Which natural element was described as the cause of Knud's second departure from his lodging?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Knud · **What happens:** describe, cause, depart · **To what, where:** second departure, lodging

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1016 «Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg» 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/1016-pg27200-part227/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e4:1
# text = Which natural element was described as the cause of Knud's second departure from his lodging?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	element	element	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	Knud	Knud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	lodging	lodging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  | as the cause of Knud's second departure from Knud's lodging | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as cause=Attribute |
| 2 | **cause** |  |  | Knud's second departure from Knud's lodging |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **depart** |  | Knud |  |  | Knud's lodging |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent from=place |

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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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The scent of fresh spring flowers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e4:o1:1
# text = The scent of fresh spring flowers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scent	scent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scent** |  |  | fresh spring flowers |  |  |  |  | nom scent «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The fragrance of the blossoming elder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e4:o2:1
# text = The fragrance of the blossoming elder
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fragrance	fragrance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	blossoming	blossoming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	elder	elder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The smell of the blooming willow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e4:o3:1
# text = The smell of the blooming willow
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	blooming	bloom	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bloom** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **smell** |  | the blooming willow |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cold wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1016-pg27200-part227:e4:o4:1
# text = The cold wind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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