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title: What did George reckon they'd come back with, if they got there? — The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did George reckon they'd come back with, if they got there? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Test 9 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

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What did George reckon they'd come back with, if they got there?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** George, they · **What happens:** reckon, come back, get

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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/643-pg23661-part11/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t9:1
# text = What did George reckon they'd come back with, if they got there?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	reckon	reckon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | George |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come back** | would | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | they |  |  | there |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A book with loads of pictures

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t9:o1:1
# text = A book with loads of pictures
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A huge book with loads of coloured pictures and a long story about the expedition

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t9:o2:1
# text = A huge book with loads of coloured pictures and a long story about the expedition
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	coloured	coloured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
13	about	about	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A bag of sealskin gloves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t9:o3:1
# text = A bag of sealskin gloves
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	sealskin	sealskin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A big book full of pictures of the polar bears and the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:643-pg23661-part11:t9:o4:1
# text = A big book full of pictures of the polar bears and the ice
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	polar	polar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
```

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

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