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title: Which guest, by whose suggestion the General extended an invitation… — Andersen, George and Emily, part 158:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which guest, by whose suggestion the General extended an invitation to dinner, was accorded this privilege after the unmasking? Exam question 3 of lesson 947 «Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the masked ball, and George's dinner invitation» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…

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Which guest, by whose suggestion the General extended an invitation to dinner, was accorded this privilege after the unmasking?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** General, guest · **What happens:** extend, accord, unmask, suggest · **To what, where:** invitation, dinner, guest

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 947 «Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the masked ball, and George's dinner invitation» 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/947-pg27200-part158/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:e3:1
# text = Which guest, by whose suggestion the General extended an invitation to dinner, was accorded this privilege after the unmasking?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	suggestion	suggestion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	extended	extend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	invitation	invitation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	accorded	accord	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
17	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	det	_	_
18	privilege	privilege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	unmasking	unmask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **extend** | past | the General | a invitation | dinner |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent invitation=Theme to dinner=Recipient |
| 2 | **accord** | past · passive |  | which guest |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal privilege=Theme |
| 3 | **unmask** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **suggest** |  | which guest |  |  |  |  |  | nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: 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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The Professor George, who was invited again to dine, along with his old friend the Count

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:e3:o1:1
# text = The Professor George, who was invited again to dine, along with his old friend the Count
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:desc	_	_
3	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dine	dine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	along	along	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | past · passive |  | the George  Professor |  |  | again |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **dine** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The Professor George, who was invited again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:e3:o2:1
# text = The Professor George, who was invited again
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:desc	_	_
3	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | past · passive |  | the George  Professor |  |  | again |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The Prince, who sat beside the General

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:e3:o3:1
# text = The Prince, who sat beside the General
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | past | the Prince |  |  | the General |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside general=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Professor George, who was invited again to dinner the following week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:e3:o4:1
# text = The Professor George, who was invited again to dinner the following week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:desc	_	_
3	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	invited	invite	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	amod	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **invite** | past · passive |  | the George  Professor  the following week |  |  | again |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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