--- title: what was the mirror thingy for, the hobgoblin's one? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: what was the mirror thingy for, the hobgoblin's one? Test 4 · ★ 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's ch --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1624-pg5615-part13/t4/) [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/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1624-pg5615-part13/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: a mirror b… what was the mirror thingy for, the hobgoblin's one? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** mirror thingy This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t4:1 # text = what was the mirror thingy for, the hobgoblin's one? 1 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 thingy thingy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hobgoblin hobgoblin NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the mirror thingy and the hobgoblin's one | | | | | tree rules | 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} making nice stuff look rubbish and making rubbish stuff look grand ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t4:o1:1 # text = making nice stuff look rubbish and making rubbish stuff look grand 1 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 8 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | nice stuff | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | infinitive | nice stuff *not said here* | rubbish | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rubbish=Attribute | | 3 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | rubbish stuff | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stuff=Product | | 4 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | grand *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} making rubbish stuff look nice ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t4:o2:1 # text = making rubbish stuff look nice 1 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 2 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | rubbish stuff | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stuff=Product | | 2 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | nice *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} making nice stuff look rubbish ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t4:o3:1 # text = making nice stuff look rubbish 1 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 2 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 rubbish rubbish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | nice stuff | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stuff=Product | | 2 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | rubbish | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rubbish=Attribute | ### Option 4 {#o4} showing people what's really inside them and their rotten hearts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1624-pg5615-part13:t4:o4:1 # text = showing people what's really inside them and their rotten hearts 1 showing show VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 amod _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 inside inside ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 rotten rotten ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | gerund | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | showing people | | | | | inside people | 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. 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