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title: Real talk, how did the snow fall off her? — Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real talk, how did the snow fall off her? Test 12 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Slavic Tales, Snowflake: a snow girl comes alive, then mel…

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Real talk, how did the snow fall off her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Real talk · **What happens:** do, fall off · **To what, where:** snow, her

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This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t12:1
# text = Real talk, how did the snow fall off her?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	talk	talk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the snow |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snow=Eventuality |
| 2 | **fall off** | present | Real talk | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient she=Extent |

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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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The way the shell of a boiled egg cracks and drops off the white inside

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t12:o1:1
# text = The way the shell of a boiled egg cracks and drops off the white inside
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	boiled	boil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	drops	drop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	white	white	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **boil** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **crack** | present | the shell of a boiled egg | the way |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **drop off** | present | the shell of a boiled egg *not said here* | the white |  |  |  | inside *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent white=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Like an egg shell off an egg

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t12:o2:1
# text = Like an egg shell off an egg
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	shell	shell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	egg	egg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Like frost from a window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t12:o3:1
# text = Like frost from a window
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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As mist from a meadow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1637-pg5615-part26:t12:o4:1
# text = As mist from a meadow
1	As	as	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	mist	mist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	meadow	meadow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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