--- title: What was the cause of the princess's death? — Arabian Nights, The Story of the Secon… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the cause of the princess's death? Exam question 4 of lesson 177 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17: the genius is burned, and the third Calender begins his tale» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, The Story of the Secon…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/177-pg128-part17/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17:… What was the cause of the princess's death? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cause, princess · **What happens:** be, cause, die · **To what, where:** death This is exam question 4 of lesson 177 «Arabian Nights, The Story of the Second Calender, part 17: the genius is burned, and the third Calender begins his tale» 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/177-pg128-part17/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e4:1 # text = What was the cause of the princess's death? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the cause of the princess's death | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cause** | | | the princess's death | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | | 3 | **die** | | the princess | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} the fire she had in her heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e4:o1:1 # text = the fire she had in her heart 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the fire | | | fire's heart | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} a deep burning poison from the cup ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e4:o2:1 # text = a deep burning poison from the cup 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 poison poison NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a long illness ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e4:o3:1 # text = a long illness 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 illness illness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} her burning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:177-pg128-part17:e4:o4:1 # text = her burning 1 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 burning burning NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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