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title: so the Count said George might build her a castle? like a real one? — Andersen, George and Emily, part 158:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so the Count said George might build her a castle? like a real one? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen, George and Emily, part 158: the saddle, the mask…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so the Count said George might build her a castle? like a real one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Count, George · **What happens:** say, build · **To what, where:** castle, Count · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t3:1
# text = so the Count said George might build her a castle? like a real one?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Count |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **build** | might | George | a castle | Count |  |  | like a real one | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary castle=Product |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a real house

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t3:o1:1
# text = yeah, a real house
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
nah, not a castle, more like a fancy garden house, no cap

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t3:o2:1
# text = nah, not a castle, more like a fancy garden house, no cap
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	fancy	fancy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	15	det	_	_
15	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a real castle, like a whole fortress with walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, a real castle, like a whole fortress with walls
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fortress	fortress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, a real castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:947-pg27200-part158:t3:o4:1
# text = yeah, a real castle
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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