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title: Which circumstance caused Manstin's descent into the brook? — Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which circumstance caused Manstin's descent into the brook? Exam question 3 of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 3 · Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the c…

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Which circumstance caused Manstin's descent into the brook?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** circumstance, Manstin · **What happens:** cause, descend · **To what, where:** descent, brook

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1274 «Indian Fairy Tales, Manstin the Rabbit, part 11: Iya the camp-eater is slain, then Manstin trades eyes with a blind grandfather and falls into the brook» 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/1274-pg338-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:e3:1
# text = Which circumstance caused Manstin's descent into the brook?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Manstin	Manstin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	descent	descent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | which circumstance | Manstin's descent |  | the brook |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition descent=Patient |
| 2 | **descend** |  | Manstin |  |  |  |  |  | nom descent «event intransitive»: poss=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}

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A broken bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = A broken bridge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A wild bear pulling him down the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = A wild bear pulling him down the bank
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull down** | gerund | a wild bear *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent he=Theme bank=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The slippery stones along the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = The slippery stones along the bank
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	slippery	slippery	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The failure of an old rawhide rope under strain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1274-pg338-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = The failure of an old rawhide rope under strain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	rawhide	rawhide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	strain	strain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fail** |  | a old rawhide rope under strain |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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