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title: In what manner did Christina take her post at the Herning hotel? — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did Christina take her post at the Herning hotel? Exam question 2 of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…

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In what manner did Christina take her post at the Herning hotel?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Christina · **What happens:** take · **To what, where:** post, manner

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 850 «Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christina goes into service, and Ib cannot write to her» 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/850-pg27200-part61/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e2:1
# text = In what manner did Christina take her post at the Herning hotel?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Christina	Christina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Herning	Herning	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · do-support | Christina | Christina's post |  | what manner |  | at the Herning hotel | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent post=Value in manner=Location |

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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 entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper's family in Herning town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e2:o1:1
# text = She entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper's family in Herning town
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	respectable	respectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	Herning	Herning	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | She | service |  | the household of a respectable innkeeper's family |  | in Herning town | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She was hired by a wealthy innkeeper and placed in charge of the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e2:o2:1
# text = She was hired by a wealthy innkeeper and placed in charge of the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hired	hire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	hotel	hotel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	dining	dining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | past · passive | a wealthy innkeeper | She |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **place** | participle | a wealthy innkeeper *not said here* |  |  | charge of the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in charge=Destination |
| 3 | **charge** |  |  | the hotel's dining rooms and kitchen |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was hired as a servant in a rich merchant's family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e2:o3:1
# text = She was hired as a servant in a rich merchant's family
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	hired	hire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	servant	servant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | past · passive |  | She |  | a rich merchant's family |  | as a servant | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme as servant=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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She entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e2:o4:1
# text = She entered service in the household of a respectable innkeeper
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	respectable	respectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	innkeeper	innkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | past | She | service |  | the household of a respectable innkeeper |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme service=Destination |

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