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title: What did George's mother consider the most suitable course for her s… — Andersen tales, George and little Emil… · tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George…

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What did George's mother consider the most suitable course for her son's future employment?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mother, son · **What happens:** consider, employ · **To what, where:** suitable course

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e2:1
# text = What did George's mother consider the most suitable course for her son's future employment?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	9	advmod	_	_
9	suitable	suitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consider** | past · do-support | George's mother | the suitable course |  |  |  | for mother's son's future employment | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent what=Theme course=Attribute |
| 2 | **employ** |  | mother's son |  |  |  |  |  | nom employment «state 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 calling that would let him leave the house and see the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e2:o1:1
# text = a calling that would let him leave the house and see the world
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calling	calling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | would | a calling | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the house |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | a calling *not said here* | the world |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer world=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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a respectable post at the General's office near the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e2:o2:1
# text = a respectable post at the General's office near the house
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	respectable	respectable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a calling that would let him leave the house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e2:o3:1
# text = a calling that would let him leave the house
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	calling	calling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | would | a calling | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the house |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
a trade that would take him away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e2:o4:1
# text = a trade that would take him away
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | would | a trade | him *= he* |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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