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title: Which description most accurately characterises the General's lady's… — Andersen's novels, George and Emily, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which description most accurately characterises the General's lady's diary? Exam question 3 of lesson 945 «Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draw…

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Which description most accurately characterises the General's lady's diary?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** description · **What happens:** characteris · **To what, where:** diary

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 945 «Andersen's novels, George and Emily, part 156: George draws Emily's castle and leaves for Rome» 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/945-pg27200-part156/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e3:1
# text = Which description most accurately characterises the General's lady's diary?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	diary	diary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which description | the General's lady's diary |  |  |  | accurately *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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A account of letters, dresses and gossip

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e3:o1:1
# text = A account of letters, dresses and gossip
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **account** |  |  | letters and dresses and gossip |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A record of balls, visits and visiting cards, with a note on every guest's coat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e3:o2:1
# text = A record of balls, visits and visiting cards, with a note on every guest's coat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	guest	guest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	's	PART	POS	_	16	case	_	_
18	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **record** |  |  | balls and visits and visiting cards |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A record of balls, visits, visiting cards and the dresses worn by each lady of the court

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e3:o3:1
# text = A record of balls, visits, visiting cards and the dresses worn by each lady of the court
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	dresses	dress	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
13	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wear** | participle |  | balls and visits and visiting cards and the dresses *not said here* |  |  |  | by each lady of the court | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **record** |  |  | balls and visits and visiting cards and the dresses |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A record of balls, visits and visiting cards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:945-pg27200-part156:e3:o4:1
# text = A record of balls, visits and visiting cards
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	balls	ball	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	visits	visit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	visiting	visit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **record** |  |  | balls and visits and visiting cards |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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