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title: Which phenomenon caused Walter's drumsticks to become rigid in his g… — Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wol… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phenomenon caused Walter's drumsticks to become rigid in his grasp? Exam question 4 of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 4 · Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "w…

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Which phenomenon caused Walter's drumsticks to become rigid in his grasp?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phenomenon · **What happens:** cause, become, grasp · **To what, where:** drumsticks

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1288 «Tales of Adventure, Walter and the Wolf: Walter flees a "wolf" that turns out to be his dog Caro» 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/1288-pg3454-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e4:1
# text = Which phenomenon caused Walter's drumsticks to become rigid in his grasp?
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	Walter	Walter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	drumsticks	drumstick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	rigid	rigid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	grasp	grasp	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 | Walter's drumsticks |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition drumstick=Patient |
| 2 | **become** | to-infinitive | which phenomenon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | rigid *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **grasp** |  | phenomenon |  |  |  |  |  | nom grasp «cognition transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The echo resembling a wolf's howl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = The echo resembling a wolf's howl
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	echo	echo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	resembling	resemble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	howl	howl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **resemble** | gerund | the echo *not said here* | a wolf's howl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **howl** |  | a wolf |  |  |  |  |  | nom howl «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The howling of a pack of wolves in the distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = The howling of a pack of wolves in the distance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	howling	howling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **howl** |  | a pack of wolves |  |  |  |  | in the distance | nom howling «communication intransitive»: of=agent in=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sound of a crow's harsh caw

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = The sound of a crow's harsh caw
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	caw	caw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **caw** |  | a crow |  |  |  |  |  | nom caw «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The shriek of Walter's own voice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1288-pg3454-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = The shriek of Walter's own voice
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shriek	shriek	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	Walter	Walter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shriek** |  |  | Walter's own voice |  |  |  |  | nom shriek «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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