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title: Which illness kept Emily confined to her bed, according to the docto… — Andersen tales, George and little Emil… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which illness kept Emily confined to her bed, according to the doctor's regular visits? Exam question 3 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 s
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George…

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Which illness kept Emily confined to her bed, according to the doctor's regular visits?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** illness, Emily, doctor · **What happens:** keep, confine, accord, visit · **To what, where:** bed

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e3:1
# text = Which illness kept Emily confined to her bed, according to the doctor's regular visits?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	confined	confine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	case	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	's	PART	POS	_	13	case	_	_
15	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | which illness |  |  |  |  | accord the doctor's regular visits | tree rules |
| 2 | **confine** | past | Emily |  |  | Emily's bed |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to bed=Destination |
| 3 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **visit** |  | the doctor |  |  |  |  |  | nom visit «act 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a broken leg that kept her in a chair by the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e3:o1:1
# text = a broken leg that kept her in a chair by the window
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	broken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | a broken leg | her *= she* |  | a chair |  | by the window | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in chair=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a slow wasting illness that confined her to bed for months

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e3:o2:1
# text = a slow wasting illness that confined her to bed for months
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	wasting	wasting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	confined	confine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | past | a slow wasting illness | her *= she* |  | bed | month |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a cough that kept her indoors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e3:o3:1
# text = a cough that kept her indoors
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	indoors	indoors	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | a cough | her *= she* |  |  |  | indoors *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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an illness that confined her to bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e3:o4:1
# text = an illness that confined her to bed
1	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	confined	confine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confine** | past | a illness | her *= she* |  | bed |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination |

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