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title: Which of the following accurately describes the principal occupation… — Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the principal occupation of Mother Soren? Exam question 3 of lesson 950 «Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161: a student flees plague to Falster» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Exam question 3 · Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161: a student flees plag…

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Which of the following accurately describes the principal occupation of Mother Soren?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, describe, occupy · **To what, where:** Mother

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 950 «Marie Grubbe, Marie Grubbe, part 161: a student flees plague to Falster» 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/950-pg27200-part161/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e3:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the principal occupation of Mother Soren?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Mother	Mother	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	Soren	Soren	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **occupy** |  |  | Mother |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Begging

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e3:o1:1
# text = Begging
1	Begging	beg	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |

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

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Operating the ferry-boat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e3:o2:1
# text = Operating the ferry-boat
1	Operating	operate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	ferry	ferry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **operate** | gerund |  | the ferry boat |  |  |  |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme boat=Attribute |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Operating the ferry-boat across the strait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e3:o3:1
# text = Operating the ferry-boat across the strait
1	Operating	operate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	ferry	ferry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **operate** | gerund |  | the ferry boat |  | the strait |  |  | vn function-105.2.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Theme boat=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Selling bread at market

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:950-pg27200-part161:e3:o4:1
# text = Selling bread at market
1	Selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund |  | bread |  | market |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent bread=Theme at market=Asset |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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