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title: Who came to check on him when he was sick, mate? — Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor… · tree and pragmatics
description: Who came to check on him when he was sick, mate? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 953 «Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts with artists, buries his marble statue and turns to faith» 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 11 · ★ · Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts…

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Who came to check on him when he was sick, mate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** come, check, be

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 953 «Andersen's tales, Psyche: the sculptor is scorned, feasts with artists, buries his marble statue and turns to faith» 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/953-pg27200-part164/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t11:1
# text = Who came to check on him when he was sick, mate?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	2	nsubj	_	_
2	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | on him *= he* | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on he=Location |
| 3 | **is** | past | he |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |

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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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Brother Ignatius, the monk dude who came every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t11:o1:1
# text = Brother Ignatius, the monk dude who came every day
1	Brother	brother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ignatius	Ignatius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	monk	monk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brother** | imperative | you *not said here* | Ignatius |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | past | the monk dude |  |  |  | day |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Brother Ignatius, the monk dude, and his whole church crew

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t11:o2:1
# text = Brother Ignatius, the monk dude, and his whole church crew
1	Brother	brother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ignatius	Ignatius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	monk	monk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brother** | imperative | you *not said here* | Ignatius |  |  |  | church crew *obl* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Brother Ignatius, the nun lady

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t11:o3:1
# text = Brother Ignatius, the nun lady
1	Brother	brother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ignatius	Ignatius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	nun	nun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brother** | imperative | you *not said here* | Ignatius |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Brother Ignatius, the monk dude

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:953-pg27200-part164:t11:o4:1
# text = Brother Ignatius, the monk dude
1	Brother	brother	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Ignatius	Ignatius	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	monk	monk	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	dude	dude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **brother** | imperative | you *not said here* | Ignatius |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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