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# Exam question 3 · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…

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Which action of Queen Metanira is presented as the immediate cause of the nurse's displeasure and departure?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Metanira, nurse · **What happens:** present, act, cause, displease · **To what, where:** action, displeasure

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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/2073-pg976-part32/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:e3:1
# text = Which action of Queen Metanira is presented as the immediate cause of the nurse's displeasure and departure?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Metanira	Metanira	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | present · passive |  | which action of Metanira  Queen |  |  |  | as the immediate cause of the nurse's displeasure and departure | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **act** |  | Metanira  Queen |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | the nurse's displeasure and departure |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **displease** |  | the nurse |  |  |  |  |  | nom displeasure «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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Her secret watching from the chamber to see the nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:e3:o1:1
# text = Her secret watching from the chamber to see the nurse
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	secret	secret	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund | Her secret |  |  | the chamber |  |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | Her secret *not said here* | the nurse |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nurse=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her refusal to let the nurse bathe the prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:e3:o2:1
# text = Her refusal to let the nurse bathe the prince
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	bathe	bathe	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | to-infinitive | Her refusal *not said here* | the nurse |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme |
| 2 | **bathe** | present | Her refusal |  | the prince |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme prince=Destination |
| 3 | **refuse** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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Her concealment in the sleeping chamber in order to observe the nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:e3:o3:1
# text = Her concealment in the sleeping chamber in order to observe the nurse
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **observe** | to-infinitive | Her concealment in the sleeping chamber in order | the nurse |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nurse=Topic |
| 2 | **conceal** |  | Her *= she* |  |  | the sleeping chamber in order |  |  | nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent in=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her hiding to spy on the nurse

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2073-pg976-part32:e3:o4:1
# text = Her hiding to spy on the nurse
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	spy	spy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spy** | to-infinitive | Her hiding |  |  | the nurse |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **hide** |  | Her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hiding «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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