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title: What kind of drawing did George send to Emily to occupy her during h… — Andersen tales, George and little Emil… · tree and pragmatics
description: What kind of drawing did George send to Emily to occupy her during her convalescence? Exam question 4 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 sch
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George…

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What kind of drawing did George send to Emily to occupy her during her convalescence?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George · **What happens:** send, occupy, convalesce · **To what, where:** kind, Emily, George

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e4:1
# text = What kind of drawing did George send to Emily to occupy her during her convalescence?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	occupy	occupy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	during	during	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	convalescence	convalescence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · do-support | George | what kind of drawing | Emily |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kind=Theme to emily=Destination |
| 2 | **occupy** | to-infinitive | George *not said here* | George |  |  | during George's convalescence |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer |
| 3 | **convalesce** |  | George |  |  |  |  |  | nom convalescence «process intransitive»: 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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pictures of horses and dogs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e4:o1:1
# text = pictures of horses and dogs
1	pictures	picture	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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drawings of palaces and buildings with domes and gardens

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e4:o2:1
# text = drawings of palaces and buildings with domes and gardens
1	drawings	drawing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	palaces	palace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	domes	dome	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	gardens	garden	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** |  | palaces and buildings with domes and gardens |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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drawings of palaces and buildings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e4:o3:1
# text = drawings of palaces and buildings
1	drawings	drawing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	palaces	palace	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	buildings	building	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** |  | palaces and buildings |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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drawings of castles and towers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:e4:o4:1
# text = drawings of castles and towers
1	drawings	drawing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** |  | castles |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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