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title: Which term describes the relationship Ib and Christina were said to… — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which term describes the relationship Ib and Christina were said to hold in childhood? Exam question 4 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 an
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…

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Which term describes the relationship Ib and Christina were said to hold in childhood?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** term · **What happens:** describe, say, hold · **To what, where:** relationship, childhood · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e4:1
# text = Which term describes the relationship Ib and Christina were said to hold in childhood?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	relationship	relationship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	Ib	Ib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	Christina	Christina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which term |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive |  | the relationship |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | childhood |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in childhood=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Promised in childhood to each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e4:o1:1
# text = Promised in childhood to each other
1	Promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	childhood	childhood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	1	obl	_	_
6	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | participle |  |  | each | childhood |  |  | vn promise-37.13 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent to each=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Engaged to be married

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e4:o2:1
# text = Engaged to be married
1	Engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	married	marry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Betrothed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e4:o3:1
# text = Betrothed
1	Betrothed	betrothed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sweethearts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:e4:o4:1
# text = Sweethearts
1	Sweethearts	sweetheart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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