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title: Which city does Knud reach as a workman, and by whom is he engaged? — Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which city does Knud reach as a workman, and by whom is he engaged? Exam question 1 of lesson 1017 «Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna sing at the opera, then sets out north over the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna si…

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Which city does Knud reach as a workman, and by whom is he engaged?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** city · **What happens:** reach, engage · **To what, where:** Knud

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1017 «Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna sing at the opera, then sets out north over the mountains» 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/1017-pg27200-part228/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:e1:1
# text = Which city does Knud reach as a workman, and by whom is he engaged?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Knud	Knud	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	workman	workman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present · do-support | which city |  |  |  |  | as a workman | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **engage** | present · passive |  | Knud |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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Rome

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:e1:o1:1
# text = Rome
1	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Milan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:e1:o2:1
# text = Milan
1	Milan	Milan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Milan, by a German master

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:e1:o3:1
# text = Milan, by a German master
1	Milan	Milan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	German	German	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Vienna, by a French count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1017-pg27200-part228:e1:o4:1
# text = Vienna, by a French count
1	Vienna	Vienna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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