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title: Which action did the prince and princess take after Gerda related th… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the prince and princess take after Gerda related the conduct of the crows? Exam question 1 of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…

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Which action did the prince and princess take after Gerda related the conduct of the crows?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, prince, Gerda · **What happens:** do, take, relate, conduct · **To what, where:** conduct, crows

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1627 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda leaves the robbers and rides a reindeer north» 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/1627-pg5615-part16/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e1:1
# text = Which action did the prince and princess take after Gerda related the conduct of the crows?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	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	5	det	_	_
5	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	related	relate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **take** | present | the prince and princess |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 3 | **relate** | past | Gerda | the conduct of the crows |  |  |  |  | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Theme |
| 4 | **conduct** |  |  | the crows |  |  |  |  | nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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They rewarded the crows but forbade any similar deeds again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e1:o1:1
# text = They rewarded the crows but forbade any similar deeds again
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	forbade	forbid	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
8	similar	similar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	deeds	deed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reward** | past | They |  | the crows |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent crow=Recipient |
| 2 | **forbid** | past | They *not said here* | any similar deeds |  |  | again |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer deed=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They commended the crows while cautioning against repetition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e1:o2:1
# text = They commended the crows while cautioning against repetition
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	commended	commend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cautioning	caution	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commend** | past | They | the crows |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme |
| 2 | **caution** *speech: other* | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against repetition | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against repetition=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They commended the crows while cautioning against repetition of the act entirely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e1:o3:1
# text = They commended the crows while cautioning against repetition of the act entirely
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	commended	commend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cautioning	caution	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	against	against	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	entirely	entirely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commend** | past | They | the crows |  |  |  | entirely *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme |
| 2 | **caution** *speech: other* | gerund | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  | against repetition of the act | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against repetition=Topic |
| 3 | **repeat** |  | the act |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They commended the crows while cautioning them strongly against any further repetition of the act

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e1:o4:1
# text = They commended the crows while cautioning them strongly against any further repetition of the act
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	commended	commend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cautioning	caution	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	strongly	strongly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
11	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	repetition	repetition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **commend** | past | They | the crows |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Theme |
| 2 | **caution** *speech: other* | gerund | They *not said here* | crows *= crow* |  |  |  | against any further repetition of the act; strongly *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient against repetition=Topic |
| 3 | **repeat** |  | the act |  |  |  |  |  | nom repetition «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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