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title: State the number of drops of blood that fell upon the snow from the… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feather… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the number of drops of blood that fell upon the snow from the queen's needle, as recorded in the narrative. Exam question 3 of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» of the books course of Mova's p
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# Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the…

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State the number of drops of blood that fell upon the snow from the queen's needle, as recorded in the narrative.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, blood · **What happens:** state, fall, record · **To what, where:** number, needle, narrative

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 105 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Three Feathers: Dummling wins the crown with a carpet, a ring and a bride; then Snow-White begins» 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/105-pg11027-part8/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e3:1
# text = State the number of drops of blood that fell upon the snow from the queen's needle, as recorded in the narrative.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
20	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of drops of blood |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **fall** | past | blood |  |  | the queen's needle |  | upon the snow | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon snow=Location |
| 3 | **record** | participle | blood *not said here* |  |  | the narrative |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in narrative=Destination |

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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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nine drops of blood fell upon the white snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e3:o1:1
# text = nine drops of blood fell upon the white snow
1	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | nine drops of blood |  |  | the white snow |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon snow=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e3:o2:1
# text = three
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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seven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e3:o3:1
# text = seven
1	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
three drops fell from the needle onto snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:105-pg11027-part8:e3:o4:1
# text = three drops fell from the needle onto snow
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	drops	drop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | three drops |  |  | the needle |  | onto snow | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from needle=Initial\_Location onto snow=Destination |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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