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title: What were the northern-lights doing, like, in the sky? — Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What were the northern-lights doing, like, in the sky? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 292 «Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the robber maiden sends Gerda north to Lapland on a reindeer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the robber maiden sends…

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What were the northern-lights doing, like, in the sky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** northern lights · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** sky

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 292 «Andersen, The Snow Queen, part 19: the robber maiden sends Gerda north to Lapland on a reindeer» 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/292-pg1597-part19/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:292-pg1597-part19:t10:1
# text = What were the northern-lights doing, like, in the sky?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	obj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past · progressive | the northern lights |  |  | the sky |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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Shining very bright

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:292-pg1597-part19:t10:o1:1
# text = Shining very bright
1	Shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Flickering like candles in the sky

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:292-pg1597-part19:t10:o2:1
# text = Flickering like candles in the sky
1	Flickering	flicker	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	candles	candle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flicker** | gerund |  |  |  | the sky |  | like candles | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sky=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Flashing green like a big lantern

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:292-pg1597-part19:t10:o3:1
# text = Flashing green like a big lantern
1	Flashing	flash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	green	green	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flash** | gerund |  | green |  |  |  | like a big lantern | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent green=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Making a big "Ddsa!" sound like a sneeze

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:292-pg1597-part19:t10:o4:1
# text = Making a big "Ddsa!" sound like a sneeze
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Ddsa	Ddsa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
8	sound	sound	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | a big Ddsa |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ddsa=Product |
| 2 | **sound** | present | Making |  |  |  |  | like a sneeze | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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