--- title: so what was Kay doing to people in the street? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: so what was Kay doing to people in the street? Test 12 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/287-pg1597-part14/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the mirror… so what was Kay doing to people in the street? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kay · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** street This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t12:1 # text = so what was Kay doing to people in the street? 1 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Kay | | | the street | | to people | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | 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} Mocking ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t12:o1:1 # text = Mocking 1 Mocking mocking NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Mocking their silly walks ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t12:o2:1 # text = Mocking their silly walks 1 Mocking mock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 walks walk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mock** | gerund | | their silly walks | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent walk=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Copying their weird ways ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t12:o3:1 # text = Copying their weird ways 1 Copying copy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 ways way NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **copy** | gerund | | their weird ways | | | | | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Staring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:287-pg1597-part14:t12:o4:1 # text = Staring 1 Staring stare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stare** | gerund | | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | **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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