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title: Which phrase correctly describes the old Count's garden in its Frenc… — Andersen's novels, George and Emily, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase correctly describes the old Count's garden in its French portion? Exam question 4 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 4 · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

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Which phrase correctly describes the old Count's garden in its French portion?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** garden, French portion

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e4:1
# text = Which phrase correctly describes the old Count's garden in its French portion?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the old Count's garden |  | phrase's French portion |  | correctly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent garden=Theme |

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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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Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains, and a view down to the river and the town

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e4:o1:1
# text = Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains, and a view down to the river and the town
1	Stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hedges	hedge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	yew	yew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	down	down	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wild roses, open lawns and a small stone pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e4:o2:1
# text = Wild roses, open lawns and a small stone pond
1	Wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	roses	rose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	lawns	lawn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, and fountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e4:o3:1
# text = Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, and fountains
1	Stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hedges	hedge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	yew	yew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains and a row of marble statues of the old gods

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e4:o4:1
# text = Stiff hedges, trimmed box and yew, fountains and a row of marble statues of the old gods
1	Stiff	stiff	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hedges	hedge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	trimmed	trim	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	yew	yew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	fountains	fountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	row	row	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	marble	marble	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	statues	statue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trim** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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