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title: In which kingdom did the heat threaten to melt the iron shoes of the… — Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the W… · tree and pragmatics
description: In which kingdom did the heat threaten to melt the iron shoes of the horse? Exam question 3 of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru…

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In which kingdom did the heat threaten to melt the iron shoes of the horse?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, threaten, melt · **To what, where:** heat, kingdom, iron shoes

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1781 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Welwa, part 32: Petru crosses the ice and the heat, then throws away the copper wreath» 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/1781-pg641-part32/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e3:1
# text = In which kingdom did the heat threaten to melt the iron shoes of the horse?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	threaten	threaten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the heat |  | which kingdom |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **threaten** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **melt** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the iron shoes of the horse |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient shoe=Result |

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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 Goddess's realm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e3:o1:1
# text = the Goddess's realm
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Goddess	Goddess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the kingdom of the Goddess of Thunder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e3:o2:1
# text = the kingdom of the Goddess of Thunder
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Goddess	Goddess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Thunder	Thunder	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the realm of the Storm Goddess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e3:o3:1
# text = the realm of the Storm Goddess
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Storm	Storm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Goddess	Goddess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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the land of the Thunder Queen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1781-pg641-part32:e3:o4:1
# text = the land of the Thunder Queen
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Thunder	Thunder	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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