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title: Determine the immediate occasion, as distinct from the deeper causes… — Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★ · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the immediate occasion, as distinct from the deeper causes, of the First World War. Exam question 3 of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» of the history course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice
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# Exam question 3 · Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★

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Determine the immediate occasion, as distinct from the deeper causes, of the First World War.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine · **To what, where:** immediate occasion

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 86 «Olympiad: cause and effect chains ★★★» of the history 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/history/86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:e3:1
# text = Determine the immediate occasion, as distinct from the deeper causes, of the First World War.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	distinct	distinct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	amod	_	_
11	causes	cause	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	First	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	17	amod	_	_
16	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the immediate occasion |  |  |  | of the First World War | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occasion=Topic |

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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 landing at Gallipoli in 1915

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:e3:o1:1
# text = The landing at Gallipoli in 1915
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	landing	landing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Gallipoli	Gallipoli	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	1915	1915	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The rivalry of two great alliances

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:e3:o2:1
# text = The rivalry of two great alliances
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rivalry	rivalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	alliances	alliance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rival** |  |  | two great alliances |  |  |  |  | nom rivalry «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The shooting of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:e3:o3:1
# text = The shooting of Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shooting	shooting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Franz	Franz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	Ferdinand	Ferdinand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Sarajevo	Sarajevo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shoot** |  |  | Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo |  |  |  |  | nom shooting «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Christmas truce of 1914

```conllu
# sent_id = question:history:86-olympiad-cause-and-effect-chains:e3:o4:1
# text = The Christmas truce of 1914
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	truce	truce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1914	1914	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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