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title: What did Elsie occupy herself with while the beer was running from t… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Elsie: Els… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did Elsie occupy herself with while the beer was running from the barrel? Exam question 2 of lesson 757 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Elsie: Elsie weeps over a pick-axe and wins Hans» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Elsie: Elsie weeps over a pick…

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What did Elsie occupy herself with while the beer was running from the barrel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Elsie, beer · **What happens:** occupy, run · **To what, where:** Elsie, barrel

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 757 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Clever Elsie: Elsie weeps over a pick-axe and wins Hans» 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/757-pg2591-part33/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:757-pg2591-part33:e2:1
# text = What did Elsie occupy herself with while the beer was running from the barrel?
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	Elsie	Elsie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	occupy	occupy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occupy** | past · do-support | Elsie | Elsie |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer herself=Result |
| 2 | **run** | past · progressive | the beer |  |  | the barrel |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from barrel=Trajectory |

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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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Peering at the wall overhead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:757-pg2591-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = Peering at the wall overhead
1	Peering	peer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	overhead	overhead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the wall overhead | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at overhead=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Staring at the barrel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:757-pg2591-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = Staring at the barrel
1	Staring	stare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	barrel	barrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stare** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the barrel | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at barrel=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Gazing at the ceiling above

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:757-pg2591-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = Gazing at the ceiling above
1	Gazing	gaze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	above	above	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the ceiling; above *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ceiling=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Peering at the wall overhead while the beer ran out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:757-pg2591-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = Peering at the wall overhead while the beer ran out
1	Peering	peer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	overhead	overhead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	beer	beer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	RP	_	9	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **peer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the wall; overhead *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at wall=Theme |
| 2 | **run out** | past | the beer |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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