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description: To what cause did the learned man from the northern regions attribute his wasting strength? Exam question 3 of lesson 970 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy night, a wet boy named Cupid, a shot straight to the poet's heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy ni…

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To what cause did the learned man from the northern regions attribute his wasting strength?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** learn, attribute · **To what, where:** wasting strength

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 970 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Saucy Boy, part 1: a stormy night, a wet boy named Cupid, a shot straight to the poet's heart» 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/970-pg27200-part181/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e3:1
# text = To what cause did the learned man from the northern regions attribute his wasting strength?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
3	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	regions	region	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	attribute	attribute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
14	wasting	wasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **attribute** | past · do-support |  | cause's wasting strength |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Long journeys through the snow and freezing winds of the north

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e3:o1:1
# text = Long journeys through the snow and freezing winds of the north
1	Long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	journeys	journey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	freezing	freeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	amod	_	_
8	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **wind** |  |  | the north |  |  |  |  | nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The unbearable heat of the sun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e3:o2:1
# text = The unbearable heat of the sun
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unbearable	unbearable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heat** |  | the sun |  |  |  |  |  | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Years of working in the dark mines beneath the hills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e3:o3:1
# text = Years of working in the dark mines beneath the hills
1	Years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hills	hill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund | Years |  |  |  |  | in the dark mines beneath the hills | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in mine=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The bitter cold of winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:970-pg27200-part181:e3:o4:1
# text = The bitter cold of winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bitter	bitter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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