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title: What did the telegram concerning Herr Sivertsen report? — Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the telegram concerning Herr Sivertsen report? Exam question 3 of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question an
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds o…

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What did the telegram concerning Herr Sivertsen report?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, concern · **To what, where:** telegram

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 931 «Andersen's Tales, The Omnibus of Life, part 2: the deeds of the dead and the aunt who lived for the theatre» 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/931-pg27200-part142/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e3:1
# text = What did the telegram concerning Herr Sivertsen report?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	telegram	telegram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
6	Herr	Herr	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	Sivertsen	Sivertsen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the telegram |  |  |  | concern Herr report | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telegram=Eventuality |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That he was at the machinery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e3:o1:1
# text = That he was at the machinery
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	machinery	machinery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | That |  |  | the machinery |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was dead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e3:o2:1
# text = He was dead
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | dead *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That he was in the office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e3:o3:1
# text = That he was in the office
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | That |  |  | the office |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That he was at the station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:931-pg27200-part142:e3:o4:1
# text = That he was at the station
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | That |  |  | the station |  |  | tree rules |

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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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