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title: State the cause of the fainting of Felicia in the passage. — Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36:… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the cause of the fainting of Felicia in the passage. Exam question 2 of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Exam question 2 · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…

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State the cause of the fainting of Felicia in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, cause · **To what, where:** cause, passage, fainting

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» 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/1449-pg503-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e2:1
# text = State the cause of the fainting of Felicia in the passage.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fainting	fainting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Felicia	Felicia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause of the fainting of Felicia |  | the passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cause=Topic |
| 2 | **cause** |  |  | the fainting of Felicia |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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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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The cold of the garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = The cold of the garden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shock of hearing a cabbage, a hen and a pink speak in the garden

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = The shock of hearing a cabbage, a hen and a pink speak in the garden
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	speak	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | the shock in the garden and a hen and a pink speak *not said here* | a cabbage |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cabbage=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The shock of hearing a cabbage, a hen and a pink speak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = The shock of hearing a cabbage, a hen and a pink speak
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	speak	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | the shock and a hen and a pink speak *not said here* | a cabbage |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cabbage=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shock of hearing a cabbage, a hen and a pink speak together, after a long day of work in the heat

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1449-pg503-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = The shock of hearing a cabbage, a hen and a pink speak together, after a long day of work in the heat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	speak	speak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
14	together	together	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	after	after	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | the shock in the heat and a long day of work *not said here* | a cabbage and a hen and a pink speak |  |  |  | together *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cabbage=Stimulus |

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