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title: Which creature was entrusted with conveying Gerda northward toward L… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which creature was entrusted with conveying Gerda northward toward Lapland? Exam question 2 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 pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…

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Which creature was entrusted with conveying Gerda northward toward Lapland?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** entrust, convey · **To what, where:** creature, Gerda

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e2:1
# text = Which creature was entrusted with conveying Gerda northward toward Lapland?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	creature	creature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	entrusted	entrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	conveying	convey	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	northward	northward	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Lapland	Lapland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entrust** | past · passive |  | which creature |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient |
| 2 | **convey** | gerund |  | Gerda |  |  |  | toward Lapland; northward *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent gerda=Topic |

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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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A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl and then ridden by the crows

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl and then ridden by the crows
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
14	ridden	ride	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past · perfect · passive | the robber girl | a reindeer |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source |
| 2 | **ride** | participle | the robber girl *not said here* |  |  |  | then | by the crows | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A horse that had been given by the prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = A horse that had been given by the prince
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | the prince | a horse |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme |

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

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A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past · perfect · passive | the robber girl | a reindeer |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl at the forest's edge

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = A reindeer that had been released by the robber-girl at the forest's edge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	released	release	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	robber	robber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **release** | past · perfect · passive | the robber girl | a reindeer |  | the forest's edge |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer subject=Source |

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