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description: Which of the following accounts for the reason the hunchback's body was moved to the street? Exam question 2 of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» of the books course of Mova's primary s
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# Exam question 2 · Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hung…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following accounts for the reason the hunchback's body was moved to the street?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, move · **To what, where:** body, street

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 196 «Arabian Nights, The Tale of the Hunchback, part 36: a hungry brother eats an imaginary feast, and the barber revives the dead hunchback» 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/196-pg128-part36/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:e2:1
# text = Which of the following accounts for the reason the hunchback's body was moved to the street?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hunchback	hunchback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | past · passive |  | the hunchback's body |  | the street |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to street=Trajectory |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was carried from house to house by the men who feared that the city's judges would blame them for the unexplained death.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:e2:o1:1
# text = It was carried from house to house by the men who feared that the city's judges would blame them for the unexplained death.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	judges	judge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
18	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	blame	blame	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
20	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	unexplained	unexplained	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · passive | the men | It |  | house |  | to house | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from house=Initial\_Location to house=Destination |
| 2 | **fear** | past | the men |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **blame** | would | the city's judges | men *= man* |  |  |  | for the unexplained death | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent they=Theme for death=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They moved it to hide the death from the Caliph's guards.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:e2:o2:1
# text = They moved it to hide the death from the Caliph's guards.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	moved	move	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hide	hide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Caliph	Caliph	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | past | They | it |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **hide** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | the death |  | the Caliph's guards |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent death=Patient from guard=Beneficiary |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was passed from one household to another to conceal the death from suspicion.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:e2:o3:1
# text = It was passed from one household to another to conceal the death from suspicion.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past · passive |  | It |  | one household |  | to another | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme from household=Initial\_Location to another=Destination |
| 2 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | the death |  | suspicion |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent death=Patient from suspicion=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Each man carried it onward so the true cause of death stayed unknown to the watch.

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:196-pg128-part36:e2:o4:1
# text = Each man carried it onward so the true cause of death stayed unknown to the watch.
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	onward	onward	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	stayed	stay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	unknown	unknown	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	watch	watch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | each man | it |  |  |  | onward *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | past | the true cause of death |  |  |  |  | to the watch; unknown *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |

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