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title: Indicate the cause of the prince's death as recorded in the narrative. — pg641, the prince and his beasts, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Indicate the cause of the prince's death as recorded in the narrative. Exam question 3 of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 3 · pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is ki…

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Indicate the cause of the prince's death as recorded in the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, prince · **What happens:** indicate, record, cause, die · **To what, where:** cause, narrative, death

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1757 «pg641, the prince and his beasts, part 8: the prince is killed and a crow brings him back to life» 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/1757-pg641-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e3:1
# text = Indicate the cause of the prince's death as recorded in the narrative.
1	Indicate	indicate	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	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cause of the prince's death |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot cause=Topic |
| 2 | **record** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | the narrative |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | the prince's death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **die** |  | the prince |  |  |  |  |  | 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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a poisoning by the castle cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = a poisoning by the castle cook
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	poisoning	poisoning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cook	cook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **poison** |  | the castle cook |  |  |  |  |  | nom poisoning «state transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a murder by the coachman and footman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = a murder by the coachman and footman
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coachman	coachman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	footman	footman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murder** |  | the coachman and footman |  |  |  |  |  | nom murder «act transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a murder by the coachman and footman on the forest road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = a murder by the coachman and footman on the forest road
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	murder	murder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	coachman	coachman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	footman	footman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **murder** |  | the coachman and footman on the forest road |  |  |  |  |  | nom murder «act transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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an ambush arranged by the coachman and the footman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1757-pg641-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = an ambush arranged by the coachman and the footman
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ambush	ambush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	coachman	coachman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	footman	footman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | participle |  | a ambush *not said here* |  |  |  | by the coachman and the footman | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by coachman=Destination |

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