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title: To what did the Professor advise George to devote his twice-weekly a… — Andersen's novels, George and Emily, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: To what did the Professor advise George to devote his twice-weekly attendance? Exam question 2 of lesson 945 «Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

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To what did the Professor advise George to devote his twice-weekly attendance?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George · **What happens:** devote, attend · **To what, where:** weekly attendance

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 945 «Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome» 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/945-pg27200-part156/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e2:1
# text = To what did the Professor advise George to devote his twice-weekly attendance?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	advise	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	devote	devote	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
11	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	weekly	weekly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devote** | past · do-support |  | George's weekly attendance |  |  |  |  | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent attendance=Theme to what=Goal |
| 2 | **attend** |  | George |  |  |  |  |  | nom attendance «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 {#o1}

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His drawing class at the Academy, held twice a week in the great hall of the palace

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e2:o1:1
# text = His drawing class at the Academy, held twice a week in the great hall of the palace
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Academy	Academy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle | His drawing class at the Academy |  |  | the great hall of the palace | week | twice *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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His painting lessons at the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e2:o2:1
# text = His painting lessons at the school
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	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 -->
His drawing class at the Academy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e2:o3:1
# text = His drawing class at the Academy
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Academy	Academy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His drawing lessons in the old school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e2:o4:1
# text = His drawing lessons in the old school
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lessons	lesson	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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