Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Porter's Son, part 157: George comes…

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	remark	remark	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 General	det
5	General	General	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 lady	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 General	case
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 make	nsubj
8	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 make	xcomp
10	Emily	Emily	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 tears	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Emily	case
12	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That she looked beautiful in tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 looked	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 tears	case
6	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looked	obl

#	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

That she seemed charming when crying

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 seemed	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 seemed	nsubj
3	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	charming	charm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 seemed	xcomp
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 crying	advmod
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 charming	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 looked	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 beautiful	advmod
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 tears	case
7	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looked	obl
8	than	than	SCONJ	_	11 had	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 had	advmod
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 looked	advcl
12	before	before	ADV	_	11 had	advmod

#	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

That she looked lovely in grief

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 looked	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 looked	nsubj
3	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 looked	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 grief	case
6	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looked	obl

#	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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