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title: when Christina visited, what was Ib wearing? — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics
description: when Christina visited, what was Ib wearing? Test 3 · ★ 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 question and of each option
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…

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when Christina visited, what was Ib wearing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Christina, Ib · **What happens:** visit, wear

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This is test 3 · ★ 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t3:1
# text = when Christina visited, what was Ib wearing?
1	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	Christina	Christina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	visited	visit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	Ib	Ib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | past | Christina |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wear** | past · progressive | Ib |  |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

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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 torn jacket and his father's boots from the barn, very plain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t3:o1:1
# text = a torn jacket and his father's boots from the barn, very plain
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	torn	tear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	jacket	jacket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a worn coat from the barn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t3:o2:1
# text = a worn coat from the barn
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	worn	worn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	barn	barn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his working clothes, not fancy at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t3:o3:1
# text = his working clothes, not fancy at all
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	working	working	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	fancy	fancy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **fancy** | infinitive | his working clothes |  |  | all |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his old patched trousers and boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t3:o4:1
# text = his old patched trousers and boots
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	patched	patch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **patch** | past | his old | trousers and boots |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent trousers=Destination |

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