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title: Indicate the reason Jane ceased weeping upon George's advice. — The Magic City, The North Pole, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Indicate the reason Jane ceased weeping upon George's advice. Exam question 4 of lesson 645 «The Magic City, The North Pole, part 13: George and Jane meet a frozen dragon and are tied up by sealskin dwarfs.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Exam question 4 · The Magic City, The North Pole, part 13: George and Jane m…

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Indicate the reason Jane ceased weeping upon George's advice.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Jane · **What happens:** indicate, cease, weep · **To what, where:** reason

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 645 «The Magic City, The North Pole, part 13: George and Jane meet a frozen dragon and are tied up by sealskin dwarfs.» 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/645-pg23661-part13/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e4:1
# text = Indicate the reason Jane ceased weeping upon George's advice.
1	Indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	Jane	Jane	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	weeping	weep	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reason=Topic |
| 2 | **cease** | past | Jane | the reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **weep** | gerund | Jane *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon George's advice | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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she wanted to pretend to be a wolf and howl at the dragon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = she wanted to pretend to be a wolf and howl at the dragon
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	howl	howl	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **pretend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* | a wolf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **howl** | present | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the dragon | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at dragon=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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she realised that crying would make her get chilblains on her hands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = she realised that crying would make her get chilblains on her hands
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	realised	realise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	chilblains	chilblain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **realise** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | would | crying | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | chilblains |  | her hands |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent chilblain=Theme on hand=Source |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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George told her to be quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = George told her to be quiet
1	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	iobj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | George |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | George *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

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

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she began to pretend to howl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:645-pg23661-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = she began to pretend to howl
1	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	howl	howl	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pretend** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **howl** | to-infinitive | she *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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