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title: Which object was presented to George by the General's household upon… — Andersen tales, George and little Emil… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object was presented to George by the General's household upon his confirmation? Exam question 1 of lesson 944 «Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George is confirmed, gets a hymn-book from Emily, and sends her pictures while she is ill» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George…

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Which object was presented to George by the General's household upon his confirmation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** household, George · **What happens:** present, confirm · **To what, where:** object, George

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 944 «Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George is confirmed, gets a hymn-book from Emily, and sends her pictures while she is ill» 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/944-pg27200-part155/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e1:1
# text = Which object was presented to George by the General's household upon his confirmation?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	presented	present	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	confirmation	confirmation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **present** | past · passive | the General's household upon George's confirmation | which object | George |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to george=Recipient |
| 2 | **confirm** |  | George |  |  |  |  |  | nom confirmation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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a hymn-book bound in red morocco with gilt edges

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e1:o1:1
# text = a hymn-book bound in red morocco with gilt edges
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	morocco	morocco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	gilt	gilt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	edges	edge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  | a hymn book *not said here* |  | red morocco |  | with gilt edges | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with edge=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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a hymn-book bound in morocco

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e1:o2:1
# text = a hymn-book bound in morocco
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	morocco	morocco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  | a hymn book *not said here* |  | morocco |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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a large Bible bound in morocco with silver clasps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e1:o3:1
# text = a large Bible bound in morocco with silver clasps
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	Bible	Bible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	bound	bound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	morocco	morocco	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	clasps	clasp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a prayer-book bound in calf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e1:o4:1
# text = a prayer-book bound in calf
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	prayer	prayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	calf	calf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | participle |  | a prayer book *not said here* |  |  |  | in calf | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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