--- title: Which of the following constitutes the principal accusation brought… — Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leave… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following constitutes the principal accusation brought against the prisoner Jurgen? Exam question 1 of lesson 966 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and is jailed for Martin's murder» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/966-pg27200-part177/e1/) [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/) / [Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leave…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/966-pg27200-part177/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and… Which of the following constitutes the principal accusation brought against the prisoner Jurgen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** principal accusation · **What happens:** follow, constitute, bring · **To what, where:** prisoner This is exam question 1 of lesson 966 «Jurgen, Jurgen, part 177: Jurgen leaves Martin's house and is jailed for Martin's murder» 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/966-pg27200-part177/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e1:1 # text = Which of the following constitutes the principal accusation brought against the prisoner Jurgen? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 5 obj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 nsubj _ _ 5 constitutes constitute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 accusation accusation NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 against against ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 Jurgen Jurgen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **constitute** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | past | the principal accusation | | | the prisoner | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against prisoner=Destination | 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} the theft of the eel-house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e1:o1:1 # text = the theft of the eel-house 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 eel eel NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the arson of Martin's barn ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e1:o2:1 # text = the arson of Martin's barn 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 arson arson NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 barn barn NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the wilful murder of Martin and the theft of his money ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e1:o3:1 # text = the wilful murder of Martin and the theft of his money 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wilful wilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 theft theft NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **murder** | | | Martin | | | | | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} the wilful murder of Martin ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:966-pg27200-part177:e1:o4:1 # text = the wilful murder of Martin 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wilful wilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 murder murder NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **murder** | | | Martin | | | | | nom murder «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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