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title: According to the passage, what was the immediate cause of the death… — The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose di… · tree and pragmatics
description: According to the passage, what was the immediate cause of the death of the prince's horse? Exam question 3 of lesson 1200 «The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king» of the books co
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# Exam question 3 · The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, pa…

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According to the passage, what was the immediate cause of the death of the prince's horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, horse · **What happens:** accord, be, die · **To what, where:** immediate cause

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1200 «The Brown Fairy Book, What the Rose did to the Cypress, part 1: a prince chases a deer, gets lost in the desert and meets a barefoot stranger who is a lost king» 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/1200-pg3282-part1/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:e3:1
# text = According to the passage, what was the immediate cause of the death of the prince's horse?
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	passage	passage	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	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 passage and the immediate cause | the immediate cause |  |  |  | of the death of the prince's horse | tree rules |
| 3 | **die** |  | the prince's horse |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a fall from a cliff in the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:e3:o1:1
# text = a fall from a cliff in the hills
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a poisoned spring that the horse drank from before the prince could stop it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:e3:o2:1
# text = a poisoned spring that the horse drank from before the prince could stop it
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	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	drank	drink	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
```

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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 | **drink** | past | the horse | a poisoned spring *not said here* |  |  |  | from the prince | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spring=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | could | a poisoned spring | horse |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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exhaustion and lack of water in the desert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:e3:o3:1
# text = exhaustion and lack of water in the desert
1	exhaustion	exhaustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** |  |  | water |  |  |  |  | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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exhaustion and lack of water in the desert after days of hard riding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1200-pg3282-part1:e3:o4:1
# text = exhaustion and lack of water in the desert after days of hard riding
1	exhaustion	exhaustion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	riding	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lack** |  |  | water |  |  |  |  | nom lack «state transitive»: of=patient |

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