--- title: What was the effect of the glass lodged in Kay's heart upon his cond… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the effect of the glass lodged in Kay's heart upon his conduct towards Gerda? Exam question 4 of lesson 287 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror shatters and a splinter sticks in Kay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/287-pg1597-part14/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/287-pg1597-part14/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror… What was the effect of the glass lodged in Kay's heart upon his conduct towards Gerda? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** effect · **What happens:** be, lodge, effect, conduct · **To what, where:** heart, glass This is exam question 4 of lesson 287 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror shatters and a splinter sticks in Kay» 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/287-pg1597-part14/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e4:1 # text = What was the effect of the glass lodged in Kay's heart upon his conduct towards Gerda? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 lodged lodge VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 16 towards towards ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lodge** | past | the effect of the glass | | | Kay's heart | | upon effect's conduct towards Gerda | vn odge-46-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in heart=Location | | 3 | **effect** | | | the glass | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 4 | **conduct** | | effect | | | | | towards Gerda | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent towards=obl | 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} He teased her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e4:o1:1 # text = He teased her 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 teased tease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tease** | past | He | her *= she* | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} It made him laugh at her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e4:o2:1 # text = It made him laugh at her 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 laugh laugh VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | It | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **laugh** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | | | | | at her *= she* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It caused him to tease her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e4:o3:1 # text = It caused him to tease her 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 tease tease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | past | It | | him *= he* | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **tease** | to-infinitive | | her *= she* | | | | | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It made him mock her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:e4:o4:1 # text = It made him mock her 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 mock mock VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | It | him *= he* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **mock** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | her *= she* | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | **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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