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title: Was Emily blushing or nah when she saw George? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was Emily blushing or nah when she saw George? Test 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 of each option; M
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# Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes…

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Was Emily blushing or nah when she saw George?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** she · **What happens:** be, see · **To what, where:** Emily blushing, George

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t4:1
# text = Was Emily blushing or nah when she saw George?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	Emily	Emily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	blushing	blushing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Emily blushing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | past | she | George |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer george=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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Yeah, she went all pink

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t4:o1:1
# text = Yeah, she went all pink
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pink	pink	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | she |  |  |  |  | pink *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Yeah, she turned red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t4:o2:1
# text = Yeah, she turned red
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past | she |  |  |  |  | red *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yeah, she was blushing like a rose all over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t4:o3:1
# text = Yeah, she was blushing like a rose all over
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	blushing	blush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	rose	rose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	over	over	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blush** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  | like a rose; over *property* | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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Yeah, she was blushing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, she was blushing
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	blushing	blush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blush** | past · progressive | she |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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