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title: Which entity did the Snow-man regard as hostile to him? — Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which entity did the Snow-man regard as hostile to him? Exam question 2 of lesson 1619 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born and learns about the sun, the moon and the weather» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born…

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Which entity did the Snow-man regard as hostile to him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** entity · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** Snow man regard

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1619 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow-Man, part 1: a Snow-man is born and learns about the sun, the moon and the weather» 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/1619-pg5615-part8/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:e2:1
# text = Which entity did the Snow-man regard as hostile to him?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	entity	entity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	Snow	Snow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	hostile	hostile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which entity | the Snow man regard |  |  |  | as hostile to him | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Eventuality |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The sun, which he considered not his friend

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:e2:o1:1
# text = The sun, which he considered not his friend
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	considered	consider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **consider** | past | the sun | sun's friend |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The yard-dog, which he thought was a harsh enemy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:e2:o2:1
# text = The yard-dog, which he thought was a harsh enemy
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	harsh	harsh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the yard dog |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the yard dog | a harsh enemy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cold, which he thought was a foe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:e2:o3:1
# text = The cold, which he thought was a foe
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cold	cold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	foe	foe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the cold |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the cold | a foe |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sun, which he considered not his friend, since it kept melting his head and arms away all day

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1619-pg5615-part8:e2:o4:1
# text = The sun, which he considered not his friend, since it kept melting his head and arms away all day
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	considered	consider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	csubj	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
19	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **consider** | past | the sun | sun's friend |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent which=Attribute |
| 2 | **keep** | past | friend |  |  |  | day | away *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **melt** | gerund |  | sun's head and arms |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient head=Result |

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