--- title: How did the Prince establish the cause of the noise behind the carri… — Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th… · tree and pragmatics description: How did the Prince establish the cause of the noise behind the carriage? Exam question 3 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/124-pg11027-part27/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/) / [Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/124-pg11027-part27/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr… How did the Prince establish the cause of the noise behind the carriage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Prince · **What happens:** be, establish, cause · **To what, where:** cause, noise This is exam question 3 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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/124-pg11027-part27/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e3:1 # text = How did the Prince establish the cause of the noise behind the carriage? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 establish establish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 behind behind ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 carriage carriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | how *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **establish** | present | the Prince | the cause of the noise behind the carriage | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Patient | | 3 | **cause** | | | the noise behind the carriage | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | 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} He called out to a passing farmer in the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e3:o1:1 # text = He called out to a passing farmer in the road 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 passing pass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call out** *speech: assert* | past | He | | a passing farmer in the road | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to farmer=Recipient | | 2 | **pass** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} He inquired of his trusted servant Henry through the window ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e3:o2:1 # text = He inquired of his trusted servant Henry through the window 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 Henry Henry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 through through ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | He | | | the window | | of his trusted servant | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent of servant=Recipient | | 2 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} He looked out the door ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e3:o3:1 # text = He looked out the door 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | past | He | the door | | | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} He asked the driver ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e3:o4:1 # text = He asked the driver 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He | | the driver | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient | **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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