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title: To what was the explosion aboard the vessel attributable? — Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what was the explosion aboard the vessel attributable? Exam question 1 of lesson 360 «Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a burning ship, a poor boy carves a butter lion, a prisoner finds a seed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragm
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# Exam question 1 · Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a…

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To what was the explosion aboard the vessel attributable?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 360 «Heroic Children, Charney's Plant, part 20: a boy dies on a burning ship, a poor boy carves a butter lion, a prisoner finds a seed» 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/360-pg18442-part20/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:e1:1
# text = To what was the explosion aboard the vessel attributable?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	explosion	explosion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	aboard	aboard	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	attributable	attributable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the explosion; aboard the vessel | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gunpowder stored in the hold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:e1:o1:1
# text = Gunpowder stored in the hold
1	Gunpowder	gunpowder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | participle |  | Gunpowder *not said here* |  | the hold |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in hold=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A stray spark from a lantern that fell among the sails above deck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:e1:o2:1
# text = A stray spark from a lantern that fell among the sails above deck
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stray	stray	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	spark	spark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	among	among	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sails	sail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	above	above	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	deck	deck	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** | past | a stray spark from a lantern |  |  | deck |  | among the sails | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme among sail=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sparks from the galley fire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:e1:o3:1
# text = Sparks from the galley fire
1	Sparks	spark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	galley	galley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Gunpowder that had been carelessly stored in the hold of the ship

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:360-pg18442-part20:e1:o4:1
# text = Gunpowder that had been carelessly stored in the hold of the ship
1	Gunpowder	gunpowder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	carelessly	carelessly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	stored	store	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hold	hold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ship	ship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | past · perfect · passive |  | Gunpowder |  | the hold of the ship |  | carelessly *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in hold=Location |
| 2 | **hold** |  |  | the ship |  |  |  |  | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient |

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