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title: Mate, what was Emily rocking at the court ball? — Andersen's novels, George and Emily, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Mate, what was Emily rocking at the court ball? Test 6 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

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Mate, what was Emily rocking at the court ball?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Emily · **What happens:** rock · **To what, where:** Mate, court ball

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This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:t6:1
# text = Mate, what was Emily rocking at the court ball?
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rocking	rock	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rock** | past · progressive | Emily | Mate |  | the court ball |  |  | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location what=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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A lilac gown with yellow silk bows

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:t6:o1:1
# text = A lilac gown with yellow silk bows
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lilac	lilac	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	bows	bows	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A white dress with green silk ribbons, gloves and a fan from the General's lady

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:t6:o2:1
# text = A white dress with green silk ribbons, gloves and a fan from the General's lady
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fan	fan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A white dress with green silk ribbons and a pearl necklace from her mother

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:t6:o3:1
# text = A white dress with green silk ribbons and a pearl necklace from her mother
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	necklace	necklace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
12	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A white dress with green silk ribbons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:t6:o4:1
# text = A white dress with green silk ribbons
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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