--- title: what did Ib tell Christina to do about the son? — Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ… · tree and pragmatics description: what did Ib tell Christina to do about the son? Test 8 · ★ 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 opt --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/850-pg27200-part61/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/850-pg27200-part61/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, Ib and Little Christina, part 61: Christ… what did Ib tell Christina to do about the son? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ib · **What happens:** tell, do · **To what, where:** Christina · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t8:1 # text = what did Ib tell Christina to do about the son? 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 Ib Ib PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 Christina Christina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 iobj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Ib | | Christina | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ib *not said here* | | | | | about the son | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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} marry the innkeeper's son ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t8:o1:1 # text = marry the innkeeper's son 1 marry marry VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 innkeeper innkeeper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | imperative | you *not said here* | the innkeeper's son | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} don't refuse the good fortune, he is kind ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t8:o2:1 # text = don't refuse the good fortune, he is kind 1 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **refuse** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the good fortune | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | he | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} don't refuse the good fortune ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t8:o3:1 # text = don't refuse the good fortune 1 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 refuse refuse VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **refuse** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | the good fortune | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} just say yes to him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:850-pg27200-part61:t8:o4:1 # text = just say yes to him 1 just just ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 2 obj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to he=Recipient | **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. 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