--- title: Which of the following best describes the principal action of the ol… — Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best describes the principal action of the old woman in this part of the text? Exam question 1 of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/e1/) [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/) / [Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old wom… Which of the following best describes the principal action of the old woman in this part of the text? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** old woman · **What happens:** follow, describe, act · **To what, where:** principal action This is exam question 1 of lesson 289 «Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about 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/289-pg1597-part16/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e1:1 # text = Which of the following best describes the principal action of the old woman in this part of the text? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nmod _ _ 6 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 action action NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 text text NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **describe** | present | | the principal action of the old woman in this part of the text | | | | of the best | tree rules | | 3 | **act** | | the old woman in this part of the text | | | | | | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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} She watered the roses ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e1:o1:1 # text = She watered the roses 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 watered water VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **water** | past | She | the roses | | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rose=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} She fled the garden ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e1:o2:1 # text = She fled the garden 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flee** | past | She | the garden | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} She buried the roses to rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e1:o3:1 # text = She buried the roses to rest 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 buried bury VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 roses rose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bury** | past | She | the roses | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Theme | | 2 | **rest** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} She enchanted the garden so as to detain Gerda ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:289-pg1597-part16:e1:o4:1 # text = She enchanted the garden so as to detain Gerda 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 enchanted enchant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 detain detain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | past | She | the garden | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus garden=Experiencer | | 2 | **detain** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | Gerda | | | | | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gerda=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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/t12/) - next →: [Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16:…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/e2/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 16: Gerda in the old woman's garden asks the flowers about Kay](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/289-pg1597-part16/)