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title: What occupation did the artist pursue who aided the fugitive? — Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What occupation did the artist pursue who aided the fugitive? Exam question 4 of lesson 919 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is sold, melted, and cast into a statue of a poet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is s…

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What occupation did the artist pursue who aided the fugitive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** occupation, artist · **What happens:** do, pursue, aid · **To what, where:** fugitive

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 919 «Andersen's Tales, The Old Church Bell: a cracked bell is sold, melted, and cast into a statue of a poet» 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/919-pg27200-part130/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:e4:1
# text = What occupation did the artist pursue who aided the fugitive?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	artist	artist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pursue	pursue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	aided	aid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fugitive	fugitive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | what occupation |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pursue** | present | the artist |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **aid** | past |  | the fugitive |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fugitive=Beneficiary |

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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 taught music at the inn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:e4:o1:1
# text = He taught music at the inn
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	taught	teach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inn	inn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | He | music |  | the inn |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent music=Recipient |

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

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He read each leaf aloud to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:e4:o2:1
# text = He read each leaf aloud to him
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
4	leaf	leaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | past | He | each leaf | him *= he* |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent leaf=Topic to he=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He was a travelling painter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:e4:o3:1
# text = He was a travelling painter
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	travelling	travel	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	painter	painter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | past | He | a travelling painter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A painter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:919-pg27200-part130:e4:o4:1
# text = A painter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	painter	painter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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