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title: Which of the following is the immediate cause of the doe's injury? — Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: t… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following is the immediate cause of the doe's injury? Exam question 3 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the…

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Which of the following is the immediate cause of the doe's injury?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** doe · **What happens:** follow, be, injure

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1174 «Fairy Tales, The White Doe, part 40: the prince wounds the doe, Eglantine claims her, and Becasigue finds Desiree» 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/1174-pg3027-part40/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e3:1
# text = Which of the following is the immediate cause of the doe's injury?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	doe	doe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the immediate cause; of the doe's injury | tree rules |
| 3 | **injure** |  | the doe |  |  |  |  |  | nom injury «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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A bolt shot by the huntsman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e3:o1:1
# text = A bolt shot by the huntsman
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bolt	bolt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	shot	shoot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** | participle |  | a bolt *not said here* |  |  |  | by the huntsman | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by huntsman=Destination |

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

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An arrow discharged by the prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e3:o2:1
# text = An arrow discharged by the prince
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	discharged	discharge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discharge** | participle |  | a arrow *not said here* |  |  |  | by the prince | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An arrow discharged by the prince from a great distance across the glade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e3:o3:1
# text = An arrow discharged by the prince from a great distance across the glade
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	discharged	discharge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	glade	glade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discharge** | participle |  | a arrow *not said here* |  |  |  | by the prince; from a great distance across the glade | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from distance=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A poisoned arrow discharged by the old huntsman who was hiding in the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1174-pg3027-part40:e3:o4:1
# text = A poisoned arrow discharged by the old huntsman who was hiding in the trees
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	poisoned	poison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	arrow	arrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
4	discharged	discharge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	huntsman	huntsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	hiding	hide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **discharge** | participle |  | a poisoned arrow *not said here* |  |  |  | by the old huntsman | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hide** | past · progressive | a poisoned arrow |  |  | the trees |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in tree=Location |

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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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