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title: Identify the event which causes the Goose to rush into the water, an… — The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocke… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the event which causes the Goose to rush into the water, and state the circumstance which prevents the boys from perceiving the explosion. Exam question 3 of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goo
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# Exam question 3 · The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket…

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Identify the event which causes the Goose to rush into the water, and state the circumstance which prevents the boys from perceiving the explosion.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, event, circumstance · **What happens:** identify, cause, rush, state, prevent, perceive · **To what, where:** event, Goose, water, circumstance, boys, explosion

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2041 «The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket: a boastful rocket chats with a duck, then is burnt on a fire and falls on a goose» 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/2041-pg902-part11/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:e3:1
# text = Identify the event which causes the Goose to rush into the water, and state the circumstance which prevents the boys from perceiving the explosion.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Goose	goose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	rush	rush	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	state	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
19	prevents	prevent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	_
22	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
23	perceiving	perceive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	19	advcl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	explosion	explosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the event |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 2 | **cause** | present | the event | the Goose |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition goose=Patient |
| 3 | **rush** | to-infinitive | the event *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into the water *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into water=Result |
| 4 | **state** *speech: other* | infinitive |  | the circumstance |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent circumstance=Topic |
| 5 | **prevent** | present | the circumstance | the boys |  |  |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer boy=Theme |
| 6 | **perceive** | gerund | the circumstance *not said here* | the explosion |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer explosion=Stimulus |

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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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The falling stick; the boys being asleep beside the fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:e3:o1:1
# text = The falling stick; the boys being asleep beside the fire
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | the falling stick |  |  | the fire |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A stick falls; they were napping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:e3:o2:1
# text = A stick falls; they were napping
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	falls	fall	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	napping	nap	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | present | a stick |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **nap** | past · progressive | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The falling stick; the boys being asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:e3:o3:1
# text = The falling stick; the boys being asleep
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | the boys | the falling stick *not said here* |  |  |  | asleep *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The falling stick; the boys sleeping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2041-pg902-part11:e3:o4:1
# text = The falling stick; the boys sleeping
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	falling	fall	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	amod	_	_
3	stick	stick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | gerund | the boys | the falling stick *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stick=Theme |

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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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