--- title: What did George reckon when Emily asked about her dad? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What did George reckon when Emily asked about her dad? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/946-pg27200-part157/t9/) [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's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/946-pg27200-part157/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes… What did George reckon when Emily asked about her dad? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George, Emily · **What happens:** reckon, ask This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» 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/946-pg27200-part157/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t9:1 # text = What did George reckon when Emily asked about her dad? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reckon reckon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 Emily Emily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reckon** | past · do-support | George | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent what=Attribute | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Emily | | | | | about Emily's dad | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about dad=Topic | 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} "He has escaped me and gone abroad for good" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t9:o1:1 # text = "He has escaped me and gone abroad for good" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 8 abroad abroad ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** *in a quote* | present · perfect | He | me | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **go** *in a quote* | participle | He *not said here* | | | | | for good; abroad *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for good=Beneficiary | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} "He has escaped me" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t9:o2:1 # text = "He has escaped me" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** *in a quote* | present · perfect | He | me | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme i=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} "He ran away from me" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t9:o3:1 # text = "He ran away from me" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** *in a quote* | past | He | | | | | from me; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from i=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} "He has left me" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t9:o4:1 # text = "He has left me" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** *in a quote* | present · perfect | He | | me | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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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