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title: What salary was attached to George's new post as Professor? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: What salary was attached to George's new post as Professor? Exam question 4 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 question and
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes…

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What salary was attached to George's new post as Professor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** attach · **To what, where:** salary

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e4:1
# text = What salary was attached to George's new post as Professor?
1	What	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	salary	salary	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	attached	attach	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Professor	Professor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attach** | past · passive |  | what salary |  |  |  | to George's new post as Professor | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to post=Co-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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Eighteen dollars a year, paid quarterly by the college treasurer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e4:o1:1
# text = Eighteen dollars a year, paid quarterly by the college treasurer
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	quarterly	quarterly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	college	college	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	treasurer	treasurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle · passive | the college treasurer | Eighteen dollars  a year |  |  |  | quarterly *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

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

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Eighteen dollars a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e4:o2:1
# text = Eighteen dollars a year
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Eighteen pounds a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e4:o3:1
# text = Eighteen pounds a year
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eighteen dollars a year and rooms in the college

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:e4:o4:1
# text = Eighteen dollars a year and rooms in the college
1	Eighteen	eighteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	dollars	dollar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	college	college	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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