--- title: What did the General straight-up scream when George asked for Emily? — Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the General straight-up scream when George asked for Emily? Test 8 · ★ 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/946-pg27200-part157/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, pa…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/946-pg27200-part157/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes… What did the General straight-up scream when George asked for Emily? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** George, General · **What happens:** do, ask, scream · **To what, where:** scream This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t8:1 # text = What did the General straight-up scream when George asked for Emily? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 General General PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ _ 5 straight straight ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 8 scream scream NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 George George PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Emily Emily PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the General's scream | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Eventuality | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | George | | | | | for Emily | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **scream** | | the General | | | | | | nom scream «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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} "Porter!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t8:o1:1 # text = "Porter!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} "Nonsense! Get out!" *Sentence 1:* "Nonsense! ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t8:o2:1 # text = "Nonsense! 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Nonsense nonsense NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 2:* Get out!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t8:o2:2 # text = Get out!" 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} "Lunacy! porter! madness!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t8:o3:1 # text = "Lunacy! porter! madness!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Lunacy Lunacy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 porter porter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 6 madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} "Madness!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:946-pg27200-part157:t8:o4:1 # text = "Madness!" 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Madness madness NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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