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description: Which action of Morgiana is described in the passage as the direct cause of the oil merchant's death? Exam question 1 of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a
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# Exam question 1 · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

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Which action of Morgiana is described in the passage as the direct cause of the oil merchant's death?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Morgiana, oil merchant · **What happens:** describe, act, cause, die · **To what, where:** action, passage, death

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» 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/1472-pg503-part59/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e1:1
# text = Which action of Morgiana is described in the passage as the direct cause of the oil merchant's death?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	's	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which action of Morgiana |  | the passage |  | as the direct cause of the oil merchant's death | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme as cause=Attribute |
| 2 | **act** |  | Morgiana |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | the oil merchant's death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **die** |  | the oil merchant |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «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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She hid in the jars of oil and then stabbed the sleeping captain in his chest with a dagger

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e1:o1:1
# text = She hid in the jars of oil and then stabbed the sleeping captain in his chest with a dagger
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	jars	jar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sleeping	sleeping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | She |  |  | the jars of oil |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location |
| 2 | **stab** | past | She *not said here* | the sleeping captain |  | his chest | then | with a dagger | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent captain=Patient with dagger=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Morgiana plunged her dagger into the chest of the captain as he slept by the door of the cave

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e1:o2:1
# text = Morgiana plunged her dagger into the chest of the captain as he slept by the door of the cave
1	Morgiana	Morgiana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plunged	plunge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	chest	chest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	captain	captain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plunge** | past | Morgiana | Morgiana's dagger |  | the chest of the captain |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | he |  |  |  |  | by the door of the cave | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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She plunged the dagger into the heart of Cogia Hassan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e1:o3:1
# text = She plunged the dagger into the heart of Cogia Hassan
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	plunged	plunge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	Cogia	Cogia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Hassan	Hassan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plunge** | past | She | the dagger |  | the heart of Cogia Hassan |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She set fire to the house of the merchant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e1:o4:1
# text = She set fire to the house of the merchant
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | past | She | fire |  |  |  | to the house of the merchant | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result |

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