--- title: Identify the principal cause of the maidens' decline as stated in th… — Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal cause of the maidens' decline as stated in the narrative. Exam question 3 of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1251-pg3282-part52/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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1251-pg3282-part52/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit… Identify the principal cause of the maidens' decline as stated in the narrative. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, maidens · **What happens:** identify, state, cause, decline · **To what, where:** principal cause, narrative, decline This is exam question 3 of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» 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/1251-pg3282-part52/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:e3:1 # text = Identify the principal cause of the maidens' decline as stated in the narrative. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ' 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 decline decline NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 stated state VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 narrative narrative NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal cause of the maidens's decline | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent cause=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | participle | you *not said here* | | | the narrative | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **cause** | | | the maidens's decline | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **decline** | | the maidens | | | | | | nom decline «process 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 garden wells ran dry ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:e3:o1:1 # text = The garden wells ran dry 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 wells well NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the garden wells | | | | | dry *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The river froze over hard ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:e3:o2:1 # text = The river froze over hard 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 _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **freeze over** | past | the river | | | | | hard *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The goblins drank the sap from the roots every night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:e3:o3:1 # text = The goblins drank the sap from the roots every night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goblins goblin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 drank drink VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sap SAP NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drink** | past | the goblins | the sap | | the roots | night | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sap=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The sap in the roots dried up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1251-pg3282-part52:e3:o4:1 # text = The sap in the roots dried up 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sap SAP NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 roots root NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dry up** | participle | | the roots *not said here* | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | **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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