--- title: What did the young fir-tree dislike about the little peasant childre… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the young fir-tree dislike about the little peasant children who visited the wood? Exam question 4 of lesson 1628 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Gerda finds Kay in the ice palace and they walk home to summer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1628-pg5615-part17/e4/) [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/1628-pg5615-part17/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Gerda finds Kay in… What did the young fir-tree dislike about the little peasant children who visited the wood? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little peasant children · **What happens:** do, visit · **To what, where:** young tree dislike, wood This is exam question 4 of lesson 1628 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Gerda finds Kay in the ice palace and they walk home to summer» 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/1628-pg5615-part17/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1628-pg5615-part17:e4:1 # text = What did the young fir-tree dislike about the little peasant children who visited the wood? 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 8 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 5 fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 dislike dislike NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 peasant peasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 visited visit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the young tree dislike | | | | about the little peasant children | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dislike=Eventuality | | 2 | **visit** | past | the little peasant children | the wood | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Co-Agent | 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} They pulled its branches ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1628-pg5615-part17:e4:o1:1 # text = They pulled its branches 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past | They | its branches | | | | | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent branch=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They called it a little one ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1628-pg5615-part17:e4:o2:1 # text = They called it a little one 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | They | it | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} They ignored it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1628-pg5615-part17:e4:o3:1 # text = They ignored it 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ignored ignore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ignore** | past | They | it | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} They called it a little one and pulled its needles off ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1628-pg5615-part17:e4:o4:1 # text = They called it a little one and pulled its needles off 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 needles needle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 11 off off ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **call** | past | They | it | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 2 | **pull off** | past | They *not said here* | its needles | | | | off *property* | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Eventuality | **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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