--- title: What was the principal cause of the father's death in the river acco… — Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal cause of the father's death in the river according to the narrative? Exam question 3 of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» of the books course of Mova's primary schoo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/e3/) [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/) / [Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1191-pg3027-part57/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the m… What was the principal cause of the father's death in the river according to the narrative? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** father · **What happens:** be, accord, die · **To what, where:** principal cause, river This is exam question 3 of lesson 1191 «Indian Tales, Adventures of an Indian Brave, part 1: the mink escapes the wolves, and a brave's father drowns and returns as a baby» 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/1191-pg3027-part57/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:e3:1 # text = What was the principal cause of the father's death in the river according to the narrative? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 14 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 case _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 14 fixed _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal cause | | the river accord the narrative | | of the father's death | tree rules | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **die** | | the father | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} The strap broke and he fell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:e3:o1:1 # text = The strap broke and he fell 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 strap strap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | the strap | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **fall** | past | he | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The river froze ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:e3:o2:1 # text = The river froze 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 froze freeze 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 | **freeze** | past | the river | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The rope snapped and he drowned ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:e3:o3:1 # text = The rope snapped and he drowned 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 snapped snap VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 drowned drown VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **snap** | past | the rope | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **drown** | past | rope | | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The strap broke and he was swept into rapids ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1191-pg3027-part57:e3:o4:1 # text = The strap broke and he was swept into rapids 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 strap strap NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 swept sweep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 rapids rapid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | the strap | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **sweep** | past · passive | | he | | rapids | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into rapid=Destination | **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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