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title: Determine the most likely cause of death of a classroom goldfish age… — The whole class punished, and "you did… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the most likely cause of death of a classroom goldfish aged six years, in the absence of other evidence. Exam question 3 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question a
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# Exam question 3 · The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"

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Determine the most likely cause of death of a classroom goldfish aged six years, in the absence of other evidence.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, age, cause, absent · **To what, where:** likely cause, absence, classroom goldfish, death, other evidence

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 168 «The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"» of the world 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/world/168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e3:1
# text = Determine the most likely cause of death of a classroom goldfish aged six years, in the absence of other evidence.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	classroom	classroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	goldfish	goldfish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	aged	age	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl	_	_
13	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 likely cause of death of a classroom goldfish |  | the absence of other evidence |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Topic |
| 2 | **age** | participle |  | a classroom goldfish *not said here* |  |  | year |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **cause** |  |  | death |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **absent** |  |  | other evidence |  |  |  |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Excessive size of the aquarium

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e3:o1:1
# text = Excessive size of the aquarium
1	Excessive	excessive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	size	size	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	aquarium	aquarium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Habitual feeding upon crisps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e3:o2:1
# text = Habitual feeding upon crisps
1	Habitual	habitual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	feeding	feeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Deliberate interference by a pupil

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e3:o3:1
# text = Deliberate interference by a pupil
1	Deliberate	deliberate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	interference	interference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **interfere** |  | a pupil |  |  |  |  |  | nom interference «communication intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Natural ageing over a long life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:168-the-whole-class-punished-and-you-didnt-say-no:e3:o4:1
# text = Natural ageing over a long life
1	Natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ageing	ageing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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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