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title: Which event immediately preceded the queen's loss of control over he… — Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fair… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which event immediately preceded the queen's loss of control over her chariot? Exam question 2 of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…

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Which event immediately preceded the queen's loss of control over her chariot?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** event · **What happens:** proceed · **To what, where:** loss

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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/1178-pg3027-part44/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e2:1
# text = Which event immediately preceded the queen's loss of control over her chariot?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	preceded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	control	control	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	chariot	chariot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **proceed** | past | which event | the queen's loss of control over event's chariot |  |  |  | immediately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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The reins snapping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e2:o1:1
# text = The reins snapping
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reins	rein	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	snapping	snap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **snap** | gerund | the reins |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The appearance of a wild boar causing the hunt to gallop away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e2:o2:1
# text = The appearance of a wild boar causing the hunt to gallop away
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	boar	boar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hunt	hunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	gallop	gallop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | gerund | the appearance of a wild boar | the hunt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **gallop away** | to-infinitive | the hunt *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A loud noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e2:o3:1
# text = A loud noise
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The queen spotting a stag and her servants laughing at her cries for help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1178-pg3027-part44:e2:o4:1
# text = The queen spotting a stag and her servants laughing at her cries for help
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	spotting	spot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stag	stag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	laughing	laugh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	cries	cry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | gerund | the queen and her servants *not said here* | a stag |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stag=Destination |
| 2 | **laugh** | gerund | the queen and her servants *not said here* |  |  | her cries |  | for help | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cry** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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