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title: Proper question, where did Snowflake like sitting? — Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Proper question, where did Snowflake like sitting? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then mel…

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Proper question, where did Snowflake like sitting?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Snowflake · **What happens:** like, sit

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1637 «Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then melts at Midsummer» 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/1637-pg5615-part26/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t11:1
# text = Proper question, where did Snowflake like sitting?
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	Snowflake	Snowflake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	appos	_	_
8	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | past · do-support | Snowflake |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **sit** *not said to happen* | gerund | Snowflake *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Among tall reeds and birches on the bank of a wide and noisy river nearby

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t11:o1:1
# text = Among tall reeds and birches on the bank of a wide and noisy river nearby
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	birches	birch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
11	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	noisy	noisy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
15	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Under old oak trees by a pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t11:o2:1
# text = Under old oak trees by a pond
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Among green willows by a stream

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t11:o3:1
# text = Among green willows by a stream
1	Among	among	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	willows	willow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Deep in the forest shade where the cold brook runs under the big mossy stones

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t11:o4:1
# text = Deep in the forest shade where the cold brook runs under the big mossy stones
1	Deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	brook	brook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	mossy	mossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | the cold brook |  |  | the big mossy stones |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under stone=Trajectory |

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