--- title: What did the Finland woman assert was the cause of Kay's continued c… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Finland woman assert was the cause of Kay's continued contentment in the Snow-queen's domain? Exam question 3 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 depe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1627-pg5615-part16/e3/) [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/1627-pg5615-part16/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea… What did the Finland woman assert was the cause of Kay's continued contentment in the Snow-queen's domain? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Finland woman, Kay · **What happens:** do, assert, be, continue, content · **To what, where:** cause, domain This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e3:1 # text = What did the Finland woman assert was the cause of Kay's continued contentment in the Snow-queen's domain? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Finland Finland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 assert assert VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 continued continue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 amod _ _ 14 contentment contentment NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 Snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 domain domain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **assert** | infinitive | the Finland woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | the Finland woman | the cause | | | | of Kay's continued contentment in the Snow queen's domain | tree rules | | 4 | **continue** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **content** | | Kay | | | the Snow queen's domain | | | nom contentment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent in=place | 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 {#o1} Frost in his eye ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e3:o1:1 # text = Frost in his eye 1 Frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} A splinter of glass lodged in his heart and eye ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e3:o2:1 # text = A splinter of glass lodged in his heart and eye 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 splinter splinter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 lodged lodge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lodge** | participle | | a splinter of glass *not said here* | | his heart and eye | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heart=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} A splinter of ice in his heart ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e3:o3:1 # text = A splinter of ice in his heart 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 splinter splinter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 ice ice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A shard of glass stuck in his eye and chest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:e3:o4:1 # text = A shard of glass stuck in his eye and chest 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shard shard NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 stuck stick VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 chest chest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stick** | participle | | a shard of glass *not said here* | | his eye and chest | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in eye=Destination | **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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