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title: Kay strolled in dead cool, didn't he? What did he say to the footmen? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kay strolled in dead cool, didn't he? What did he say to the footmen? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1626 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is at a princess's palace and sneaks in, only to find the wrong boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda lea…

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Kay strolled in dead cool, didn't he? What did he say to the footmen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kay · **What happens:** stroll, not do, say · **To what, where:** Kay, dead cool, footmen · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1626 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 15: Gerda learns Kay is at a princess's palace and sneaks in, only to find the wrong boy» 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/1626-pg5615-part15/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kay strolled in dead cool, didn't he?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t6:1
# text = Kay strolled in dead cool, didn't he?
1	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	strolled	stroll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stroll** | participle |  | Kay *not said here* |  | dead cool |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cool=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **do** | past | Kay |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What did he say to the footmen?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t6:2
# text = What did he say to the footmen?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	footmen	footman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Kay |  | the footmen |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to footman=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Looked dull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t6:o1:1
# text = Looked dull
1	Looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past |  |  |  |  |  | dull *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That standing looked a bit dull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t6:o2:1
# text = That standing looked a bit dull
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	standing	standing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | that standing |  |  |  |  | dull *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Very dull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t6:o3:1
# text = Very dull
1	Very	very	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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That standing about looked dull

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1626-pg5615-part15:t6:o4:1
# text = That standing about looked dull
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	standing	stand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
5	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | gerund | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look** | participle | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  | dull *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

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