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title: With reference to the passage, explain the precise reason the Finlan… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, explain the precise reason the Finland woman gave for refusing Gerda the requested potion. Exam question 3 of lesson 293 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda gets help in Finland, then walks on alone among living snowflakes» of the books course of Mo
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda get…

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With reference to the passage, explain the precise reason the Finland woman gave for refusing Gerda the requested potion.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Finland woman · **What happens:** explain, give, refuse, request · **To what, where:** precise reason, Gerda

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 293 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda gets help in Finland, then walks on alone among living snowflakes» 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/293-pg1597-part20/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e3:1
# text = With reference to the passage, explain the precise reason the Finland woman gave for refusing Gerda the requested potion.
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	precise	precise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Finland	Finland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
15	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	refusing	refuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
17	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	requested	request	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | the precise reason |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | past | the Finland woman | the precise reason *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 3 | **refuse** | gerund | the Finland woman *not said here* | Gerda |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **request** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V S\_INF»: 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 {#o1}

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her power lies within her heart, which no potion can ever reach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e3:o1:1
# text = her power lies within her heart, which no potion can ever reach
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	potion	potion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
13	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | her power |  |  |  |  | within power's heart | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reach** | can | no potion | power's heart |  |  | ever |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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her strength dwells in her heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e3:o2:1
# text = her strength dwells in her heart
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	dwells	dwell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
because a child's power lies within her heart and cannot be bottled in a flask

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e3:o3:1
# text = because a child's power lies within her heart and cannot be bottled in a flask
1	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
6	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	bottled	bottle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	flask	flask	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present |  |  |  |  |  | because a child's power; within child's heart | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **bottle** | can · passive |  |  |  | a flask |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in flask=Destination |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
her power lies within her heart

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:e3:o4:1
# text = her power lies within her heart
1	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | her power |  |  |  |  | within power's heart | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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