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title: what was the coachman wearing, proper flex? — Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen,… · tree and pragmatics
description: what was the coachman wearing, proper flex? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 291 «Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen, part 18: Gerda finds a Prince, then robbers seize her» 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
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# Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen, part 18: Gerda find…

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what was the coachman wearing, proper flex?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** coachman · **What happens:** be, wear · **To what, where:** proper flex

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 291 «Andersen's Snow Queen, The Snow Queen, part 18: Gerda finds a Prince, then robbers seize her» 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/291-pg1597-part18/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t13:1
# text = what was the coachman wearing, proper flex?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
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	coachman	coachman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	flex	flex	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the coachman |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | the coachman *not said here* | proper flex |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a velvet hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t13:o1:1
# text = a velvet hat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a golden crown with jewels and a red velvet coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t13:o2:1
# text = a golden crown with jewels and a red velvet coat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a golden crown

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t13:o3:1
# text = a golden crown
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a hat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:291-pg1597-part18:t13:o4:1
# text = a hat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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