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description: What, according to the Sun's mother, is the principal cause of the Sun's ill temper during daylight hours? Exam question 2 of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 2 · tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Prince…

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What, according to the Sun's mother, is the principal cause of the Sun's ill temper during daylight hours?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Sun · **What happens:** accord, be, temper · **To what, where:** mother

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» 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/1530-pg540-part27/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e2:1
# text = What, according to the Sun's mother, is the principal cause of the Sun's ill temper during daylight hours?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
3	according	accord	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	temper	temper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
20	during	during	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	daylight	daylight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  | the Sun's mother |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to mother=Goal |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | hour | accord the principal cause; of the Sun's ill temper | tree rules |
| 3 | **temper** |  | the Sun |  |  |  |  |  | nom temper «feeling 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 {#o1}

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Hunger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e2:o1:1
# text = Hunger
1	Hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Cold nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e2:o2:1
# text = Cold nights
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sight of wicked acts done by people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e2:o3:1
# text = The sight of wicked acts done by people
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	acts	act	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | participle |  | wicked acts *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sight** |  |  | wicked acts |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The contemplation of the evil deeds committed by mankind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1530-pg540-part27:e2:o4:1
# text = The contemplation of the evil deeds committed by mankind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	contemplation	contemplation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	evil	evil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	deeds	deed	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	committed	commit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	mankind	mankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commit** | present · passive | mankind | the contemplation of the evil |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **contemplate** |  |  | the evil |  |  |  |  | nom contemplation «act 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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