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title: What immediate cause is given for the church being buried? — pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken m… · tree and pragmatics
description: What immediate cause is given for the church being buried? Exam question 3 of lesson 969 «pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a sand-buried church where the dead hold his wedding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Exam question 3 · pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a…

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What immediate cause is given for the church being buried?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, bury · **To what, where:** church

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 969 «pg27200, Jurgen: a man with a broken mind is taken into a sand-buried church where the dead hold his wedding» 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/969-pg27200-part180/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:e3:1
# text = What immediate cause is given for the church being buried?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for the church | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for church=Asset |
| 2 | **bury** | gerund · passive |  | the church *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP» |

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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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The storm's accumulated drifts of sand that had piled against the walls for years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:e3:o1:1
# text = The storm's accumulated drifts of sand that had piled against the walls for years
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	drifts	drift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	piled	pile	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	against	against	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accumulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **pile** | past · perfect · passive |  | the storm's accumulated drifts |  | the walls | year | of sand | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme against wall=Destination |
| 3 | **drift** |  | the storm |  |  |  |  |  | nom drift «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The storm's accumulated drifts of sand gathered over many years of neglect and wind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:e3:o2:1
# text = The storm's accumulated drifts of sand gathered over many years of neglect and wind
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	drifts	drift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	gathered	gather	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
9	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	neglect	neglect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accumulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gather** | participle |  | the storm's accumulated drifts of sand *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drift** |  | the storm | sand |  |  |  |  | nom drift «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The storm's accumulated drifts of sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:e3:o3:1
# text = The storm's accumulated drifts of sand
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	accumulated	accumulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	drifts	drift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accumulate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **drift** |  | the storm | sand |  |  |  |  | nom drift «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Heavy rain that softened the old walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:969-pg27200-part180:e3:o4:1
# text = Heavy rain that softened the old walls
1	Heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	softened	soften	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **soften** | past | Heavy rain | the old walls |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent wall=Patient |

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