--- title: Wait, who wrote "gracious patroness" in the book? — Andersen tales, George and little Emil… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, who wrote "gracious patroness" in the book? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/944-pg27200-part155/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen tales, George and little Emil…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/944-pg27200-part155/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George… Wait, who wrote "gracious patroness" in the book? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, write · **To what, where:** gracious patroness, book This is test 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t4:1 # text = Wait, who wrote "gracious patroness" in the book? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 gracious gracious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 patroness patroness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **write** | past | | gracious patroness | | the book | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent patroness=Theme in book=Destination | 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} the porter wrote it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t4:o1:1 # text = the porter wrote it 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | the porter | it | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} the porter's wife told George ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t4:o2:1 # text = the porter's wife told George 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 iobj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the porter's wife | | George | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent george=Recipient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the General's lady told them what to write ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t4:o3:1 # text = the General's lady told them what to write 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 's 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 9 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the General's lady | | them *= they* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **write** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} the doctor wrote it himself ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t4:o4:1 # text = the doctor wrote it himself 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past | the doctor | it | | | | doctor *obl:unmarked* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | **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. 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