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title: did the kids use their hot pennies for something, right? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: did the kids use their hot pennies for something, right? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1624 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror breaks and Kay gets a splinter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror b…

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did the kids use their hot pennies for something, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** use · **To what, where:** hot pennies

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1624 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror breaks and Kay gets a splinter» 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/1624-pg5615-part13/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t10:1
# text = did the kids use their hot pennies for something, right?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | present | the kids | kids's hot pennies |  |  |  | for something | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent penny=Theme for something=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they melted round holes in the frost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t10:o1:1
# text = they melted round holes in the frost
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | past | they | round holes |  | the frost |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hole=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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they melted their pennies on the stove and then used the warm coins to frost the window

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t10:o2:1
# text = they melted their pennies on the stove and then used the warm coins to frost the window
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	frost	frost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | past | they | their pennies |  | the stove |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient penny=Result |
| 2 | **use** | past | they *not said here* | the warm coins |  |  | then |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Patient |
| 3 | **frost** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* | the window |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent window=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
they put the hot pennies in their pockets and melted round holes in the frost on the window glass

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t10:o3:1
# text = they put the hot pennies in their pockets and melted round holes in the frost on the window glass
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	pennies	penny	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
11	round	round	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	holes	hole	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | they | the hot pennies |  | pennies's pockets and melted holes |  | in the frost; on the window glass | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent penny=Theme on glass=Destination |
| 2 | **melt** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, they melted spots in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t10:o4:1
# text = yeah, they melted spots in the snow
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	melted	melt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	spots	spot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | past | they | spots |  | the snow |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient spot=Result |

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