--- title: By what means did the Dwarfs restore Snowdrop to consciousness? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the Dwarfs restore Snowdrop to consciousness? Exam question 4 of lesson 1578 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1578-pg540-part75/e4/) [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/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1578-pg540-part75/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace… By what means did the Dwarfs restore Snowdrop to consciousness? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dwarfs · **What happens:** mean, do, restore · **To what, where:** Snowdrop, consciousness This is exam question 4 of lesson 1578 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb» 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/1578-pg540-part75/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e4:1 # text = By what means did the Dwarfs restore Snowdrop to consciousness? 1 By by ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 acl:relcl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 restore restore VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 Snowdrop Snowdrop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 consciousness consciousness NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **restore** | present | the Dwarfs | Snowdrop | consciousness | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent snowdrop=Theme to consciousness=Recipient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} they cut the lace in two ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e4:o1:1 # text = they cut the lace in two 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | present | they | the lace | | two | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lace=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} they cut the tight silk lace in two and loosened it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e4:o2:1 # text = they cut the tight silk lace in two and loosened it 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cut cut VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 tight tight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 5 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 loosened loosen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cut** | present | they | the tight silk lace | | two | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lace=Product | | 2 | **loosen** | past | they *not said here* | lace | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} they rang the bell and cut the lace in two right away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e4:o3:1 # text = they rang the bell and cut the lace in two right away 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 obl _ _ 11 right right ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | past | they | the bell | | | | away *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | | 2 | **cut** | infinitive | they *not said here* | the lace | | two | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset lace=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} they tore the lace apart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1578-pg540-part75:e4:o4:1 # text = they tore the lace apart 1 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tore tore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lace lace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 apart apart ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tore** | past | they | the lace | | | | apart *property* | tree rules | **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. - ← previous: [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1578-pg540-part75/e3/) - next →: [Grimm, Snowdrop: the poisoned apple, t…, test 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1579-pg540-part76/t1/) - ↑ back to [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Snowdrop, part 75: the peddler's lace and the poisonous comb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1578-pg540-part75/)