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title: what's the bit about the girl singing, is it, like, the happy ending? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man,… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the bit about the girl singing, is it, like, the happy ending? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of 
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs f…

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what's the bit about the girl singing, is it, like, the happy ending?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bit · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1620 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow-Man, : a snow-man longs for a warm stove, freezes, and melts in the spring thaw» 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/1620-pg5615-part9/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t6:1
# text = what's the bit about the girl singing, is it, like, the happy ending?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the bit about the girl singing |  |  |  |  | like the happy ending | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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yeah, it's all about spring coming and the snowman being totally forgotten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t6:o1:1
# text = yeah, it's all about spring coming and the snowman being totally forgotten
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	snowman	snowman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	aux:pass	_	_
13	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  | spring | all *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **forget** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | totally *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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nah, she's singing a sad song about the snowman melting in the yard

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t6:o2:1
# text = nah, she's singing a sad song about the snowman melting in the yard
1	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	snowman	snowman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	melting	melt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	acl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	yard	yard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · progressive | she | a sad song |  |  |  | about the snowman | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** | gerund | the snowman *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the yard | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, it's all about spring coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t6:o3:1
# text = yeah, it's all about spring coming
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  | about spring | all *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | spring *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, she's singing about winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1620-pg5615-part9:t6:o4:1
# text = yeah, she's singing about winter
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | present · progressive | she |  |  |  | winter |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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