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description: Which phenomenon caused the young mother to become apprehensive regarding her infant? Exam question 3 of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stole…

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Which phenomenon caused the young mother to become apprehensive regarding her infant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phenomenon · **What happens:** cause, become, regard · **To what, where:** young mother

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1273 «Indian Fairy Tales, Iya the Camp-Eater, part 10: the stolen boy is found by his parents, and a wood-child is adopted by a chieftain» 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/1273-pg338-part10/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e3:1
# text = Which phenomenon caused the young mother to become apprehensive regarding her infant?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phenomenon	phenomenon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	apprehensive	apprehensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | which phenomenon | the young mother |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mother=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | which phenomenon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | apprehensive *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A bright star

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e3:o1:1
# text = A bright star
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Sounds of many voices emanating from the infant's mouth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e3:o2:1
# text = Sounds of many voices emanating from the infant's mouth
1	Sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	voices	voice	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	emanating	emanate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	infant	infant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **emanate** | gerund | many voices *not said here* |  |  | the infant's mouth |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP.theme V PP.source»: agent=Theme from mouth=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Crying of the babe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e3:o3:1
# text = Crying of the babe
1	Crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	babe	babe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | of the babe | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A strange shadow over the cradle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1273-pg338-part10:e3:o4:1
# text = A strange shadow over the cradle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	shadow	shadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cradle	cradle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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