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title: What business did the young stranger Friedlin claim to have with Luc… — Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27… · tree and pragmatics
description: What business did the young stranger Friedlin claim to have with Lucia? Exam question 4 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 4 · Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the ma…

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What business did the young stranger Friedlin claim to have with Lucia?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** business · **What happens:** do, have · **To what, where:** young stranger

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 687 «Hauff's Tales, The Cold Heart, part 27: Peter takes the magic root, steals the gold, and Lucia gets a suitor» 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/687-pg2435-part27/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e4:1
# text = What business did the young stranger Friedlin claim to have with Lucia?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	business	business	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	Friedlin	Friedlin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Lucia	Lucia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | business | the young stranger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | business *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with Lucia | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a commission in needlework for his rich uncle's household

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e4:o1:1
# text = a commission in needlework for his rich uncle's household
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	needlework	needlework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a commission in needlework

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e4:o2:1
# text = a commission in needlework
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	needlework	needlework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a long-standing commission in fine embroidery and lace for the city

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e4:o3:1
# text = a long-standing commission in fine embroidery and lace for the city
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	commission	commission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	embroidery	embroidery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	lace	lace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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an order for a new dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:687-pg2435-part27:e4:o4:1
# text = an order for a new dress
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dress	dress	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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