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title: Ayy, what was George doing on the first new moon? — Andersen tales, George and little Emil… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ayy, what was George doing on the first new moon? Test 5 · ★ 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
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen tales, George and little Emily, part 155: George…

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Ayy, what was George doing on the first new moon?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ayy, George · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** George, first new moon

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t5:1
# text = Ayy, what was George doing on the first new moon?
1	Ayy	Ayy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
6	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	11	amod	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	moon	moon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ayy | George |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | George *not said here* |  |  | the first new moon |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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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reading the psalms

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t5:o1:1
# text = reading the psalms
1	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	psalms	psalm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | the psalms |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent psalm=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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opening the book for a psalm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t5:o2:1
# text = opening the book for a psalm
1	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	psalm	psalm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  | the book |  |  |  | for a psalm | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location book=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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reading a funeral hymn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t5:o3:1
# text = reading a funeral hymn
1	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	funeral	funeral	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	hymn	hymn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | a funeral hymn |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hymn=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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opening the book at random

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:944-pg27200-part155:t5:o4:1
# text = opening the book at random
1	opening	open	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	random	random	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | gerund |  | the book |  | random |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent book=Theme at random=Location |

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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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