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title: What remark did the General's lady make concerning Emily's tears? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What remark did the General's lady make concerning Emily's tears? Exam question 3 of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes…

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What remark did the General's lady make concerning Emily's tears?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lady · **What happens:** be, do, make, concern · **To what, where:** tears

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 946 «Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes back, asks for Emily's hand, and is refused» 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/946-pg27200-part157/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e3:1
# text = What remark did the General's lady make concerning Emily's tears?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	remark	remark	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	General	General	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	xcomp	_	_
10	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **make** | present | the General's lady |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | the General's lady *not said here* | Emily's tears |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tear=Experiencer |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That she looked beautiful in tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e3:o1:1
# text = That she looked beautiful in tears
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | That |  |  |  |  | in tears; beautiful *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in tear=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That she seemed charming when crying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e3:o2:1
# text = That she seemed charming when crying
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	charming	charm	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	xcomp	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	crying	cry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | past | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **charm** | gerund | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **cry** *speech: express* | gerund | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That she looked more beautiful in tears than she ever had before

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e3:o3:1
# text = That she looked more beautiful in tears than she ever had before
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
8	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
11	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
12	before	before	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | That |  |  |  |  | in tears; beautiful *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in tear=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | past | she |  |  |  | ever | before *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That she looked lovely in grief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e3:o4:1
# text = That she looked lovely in grief
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	grief	grief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | That |  |  |  |  | in grief; lovely *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in grief=Theme |

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