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title: what did the eldest sister say the gardener's job was like? — Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the eldest sister say the gardener's job was like? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 1505 «Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides under a bed, follows the princesses to a magic ball, and Lina catches on» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Test 8 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides und…

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what did the eldest sister say the gardener's job was like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** eldest sister, gardener · **What happens:** say, job · **To what, where:** job · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1505 «Blue Fairy Book, The Star Gazer, part 2: Michael hides under a bed, follows the princesses to a magic ball, and Lina catches on» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/1505-pg540-part2/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1505-pg540-part2:t8:1
# text = what did the eldest sister say the gardener's job was like?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | the eldest sister | the gardener's job |  |  |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme job=Manner |
| 2 | **job** |  | the gardener |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a charming profession, a cottage by the park

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1505-pg540-part2:t8:o1:1
# text = a charming profession, a cottage by the park
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	charming	charming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	profession	profession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a charming profession with a cottage by the park for his family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1505-pg540-part2:t8:o2:1
# text = a charming profession with a cottage by the park for his family
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	charming	charm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	amod	_	_
3	profession	profession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charm** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a charming profession, a cottage by the park and a garden

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1505-pg540-part2:t8:o3:1
# text = a charming profession, a cottage by the park and a garden
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	charming	charming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	profession	profession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a humble job with a little house nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1505-pg540-part2:t8:o4:1
# text = a humble job with a little house nearby
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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

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