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title: What was the Miller's appraisal of Hans upon the following morning? — Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the Miller's appraisal of Hans upon the following morning? Exam question 2 of lesson 2037 «Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away everything and works until he is worn out» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 2 · Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away…

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What was the Miller's appraisal of Hans upon the following morning?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, follow · **To what, where:** appraisal

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 2037 «Happy Prince, The Devoted Friend, part 7: Hans gives away everything and works until he is worn out» 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/2037-pg902-part7/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:e2:1
# text = What was the Miller's appraisal of Hans upon the following morning?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Miller	Miller	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Miller's appraisal |  |  | morning | of Hans | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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He termed Hans lazy, sluggish and utterly useless for any work at the mill

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:e2:o1:1
# text = He termed Hans lazy, sluggish and utterly useless for any work at the mill
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	sluggish	sluggish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	utterly	utterly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	useless	useless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** | past | He | Hans |  |  |  | lazy *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent han=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He termed Hans lazy and sluggish and a great disgrace to the mill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:e2:o2:1
# text = He termed Hans lazy and sluggish and a great disgrace to the mill
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sluggish	sluggish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	disgrace	disgrace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** | past | He | Hans and a great disgrace |  |  |  | to the mill | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent han=Result |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He termed Hans lazy and sluggish

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:e2:o3:1
# text = He termed Hans lazy and sluggish
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	termed	term	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sluggish	sluggish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **term** | past | He | Hans |  |  |  | lazy *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent han=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He thought Hans was quite slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:2037-pg902-part7:e2:o4:1
# text = He thought Hans was quite slow
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Hans	Hans	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | Hans |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |

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