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title: State the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather as indicated in… — Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather as indicated in the passage. Exam question 3 of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depende
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy an…

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State the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather as indicated in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** indicate, occupy · **To what, where:** principal occupation, passage, grandfather

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 852 «Andersen, Ib and Little Christina, part 63: Ib is happy and prosperous, and the story turns to Switzerland and the boy Rudy» 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/852-pg27200-part63/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e3:1
# text = State the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather as indicated in the passage.
1	State	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	indicated	indicate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | participle |  | the principal occupation of Rudy's grandfather *not said here* |  | the passage |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **occupy** |  |  | Rudy's grandfather |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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He is a soldier who guards the old fire-arms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e3:o1:1
# text = He is a soldier who guards the old fire-arms
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	guards	guard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a soldier |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **guard** | present | a soldier | the old fire arms |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e3:o2:1
# text = He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carves	carve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a carver |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** | present | a carver |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **carve** | present | a carver *not said here* | wooden toys |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys and also hangs old fire-arms on the rafters

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e3:o3:1
# text = He is a carver who cuts and carves wooden toys and also hangs old fire-arms on the rafters
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	carver	carver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	cuts	cut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	carves	carve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	hangs	hang	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
15	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	rafters	rafter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a carver |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cut** | present | a carver |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **carve** | present | a carver *not said here* | wooden toys |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme |
| 4 | **hang** | present | a carver *not said here* | old fire arms |  | the rafters |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arm=Theme on rafter=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He is a shepherd who tends goats on the hill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:852-pg27200-part63:e3:o4:1
# text = He is a shepherd who tends goats on the hill
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	tends	tend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	goats	goat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | He | a shepherd |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **tend** | present | a shepherd | goats |  | the hill |  |  | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme |

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