--- title: To what cause does the author attribute the infant's cessation of we… — Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th… · tree and pragmatics description: To what cause does the author attribute the infant's cessation of weeping? Exam question 4 of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/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/) / [Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and th…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/651-pg23661-part19/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: Jo… To what cause does the author attribute the infant's cessation of weeping? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** author, infant · **What happens:** attribute, cease · **To what, where:** cessation, weeping This is exam question 4 of lesson 651 «Book of Dragons, The Blacksmith and the Dragon, part 2: John finds a dragon in the dungeon and chains it up with his baby as a pledge» 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/651-pg23661-part19/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e4:1 # text = To what cause does the author attribute the infant's cessation of weeping? 1 To to ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obl _ _ 3 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 attribute attribute VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 infant infant NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 cessation cessation NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 weeping weeping NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attribute** | present · do-support | the author | the infant's cessation of weeping | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **cease** | | the infant | weeping | | | | | nom cessation «event transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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} The purring of the dragon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e4:o1:1 # text = The purring of the dragon 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 purring purring NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} The dragon's loud roar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e4:o2:1 # text = The dragon's loud roar 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 roar roar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roar** | | the dragon | | | | | | nom roar «event intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} The dragon's song ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e4:o3:1 # text = The dragon's song 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sing** | | the dragon | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} The sound of the hammer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:651-pg23661-part19:e4:o4:1 # text = The sound of the hammer 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 hammer hammer NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` 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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