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title: Ib said she was a grand lady, right? and he called himself what? — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ib said she was a grand lady, right? and he called himself what? Test 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 and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ…

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Ib said she was a grand lady, right? and he called himself what?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ib, he · **What happens:** say, be, call · **To what, where:** grand lady, himself · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t4:1
# text = Ib said she was a grand lady, right? and he called himself what?
1	Ib	Ib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	13	obj	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Ib |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Ib | a grand lady |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **call** | past | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme what=Result |

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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 farmhand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t4:o1:1
# text = a farmhand
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmhand	farmhand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a simple working man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t4:o2:1
# text = a simple working man
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	simple	simple	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a humble farm worker, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t4:o3:1
# text = a humble farm worker, lol
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	humble	humble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	farm	farm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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a rough working man, lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t4:o4:1
# text = a rough working man, lol
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	rough	rough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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