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title: peak, what did the Finland woman say about the strength of twelve men? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: peak, what did the Finland woman say about the strength of twelve men? Test 12 · ★ 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 the questi
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda lea…

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peak, what did the Finland woman say about the strength of twelve men?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** peak · **What happens:** do, say · **To what, where:** Finland woman, strength · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t12:1
# text = peak, what did the Finland woman say about the strength of twelve men?
1	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Finland	Finland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | peak | the Finland woman |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Eventuality |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | peak | the strength of twelve men |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent strength=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 {#o1}

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That it would help them all win the fight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t12:o1:1
# text = That it would help them all win the fight
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | would | That | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **win** | present | That *not said here* | the fight |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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That it could help the girl escape from the Snow-queen's palace

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t12:o2:1
# text = That it could help the girl escape from the Snow-queen's palace
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	Snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | could | That | the girl |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | infinitive | the girl *not said here* |  |  | the Snow queen's palace |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from palace=Initial\_Location |

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

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That it wouldn't help much

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t12:o3:1
# text = That it wouldn't help much
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **help** | would | That |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That it was quite useful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1627-pg5615-part16:t12:o4:1
# text = That it was quite useful
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	quite	quite	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	useful	useful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | That |  |  |  |  | useful *property* | tree rules |

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