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title: what did the note say, exactly? — Andersen, George and Emily, part 158:… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did the note say, exactly? Test 10 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was ri
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what did the note say, exactly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** note · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** note · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t10:1
# text = what did the note say, exactly?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the note |  |  |  | exactly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the note *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From someone the General has never met

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t10:o1:1
# text = From someone the General has never met
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	met	meet	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **meet** | present · perfect | the General |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From somebody whom the General does not know at all, and never shall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t10:o2:1
# text = From somebody whom the General does not know at all, and never shall
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
3	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	2	cc	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | the General |  |  | all |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From a gentleman whom the General has never once been introduced to in his life

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t10:o3:1
# text = From a gentleman whom the General has never once been introduced to in his life
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	gentleman	gentleman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
9	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	11	advmod	_	_
10	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	introduced	introduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **introduce** | present · perfect · passive |  | a gentleman |  | gentleman's life |  | once *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
"From somebody whom the General does not know"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t10:o4:1
# text = "From somebody whom the General does not know"
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	somebody	somebody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obl	_	_
4	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** *in a quote* | present · do-support | the General |  |  | somebody |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |

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