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title: Real quick, what was Kay doing in that cold palace? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Real quick, what was Kay doing in that cold palace? Test 12 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questi
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# Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda get…

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Real quick, what was Kay doing in that cold palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kay · **What happens:** be, do · **To what, where:** Kay, cold palace

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t12:1
# text = Real quick, what was Kay doing in that cold palace?
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
10	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | Kay |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** | gerund | Kay *not said here* |  |  | that cold palace |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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Arranging ice shards for hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t12:o1:1
# text = Arranging ice shards for hours
1	Arranging	arrange	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shards	shard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrange** | gerund |  | ice shards |  |  | hour |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shard=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Trying to spell the word eternity out of ice pieces in the palace cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t12:o2:1
# text = Trying to spell the word eternity out of ice pieces in the palace cold
1	Trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	csubj	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	spell	spell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	eternity	eternity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
14	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **try** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **spell** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the word eternity |  | ice pieces |  | in the palace | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent eternity=Theme in palace=Manner |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sitting alone in the cold palace trying to make the word eternity from ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t12:o3:1
# text = Sitting alone in the cold palace trying to make the word eternity from ice
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	eternity	eternity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	from	from	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund |  |  |  | the cold palace |  | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location |
| 2 | **try** | gerund | Sitting |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Sitting *not said here* | the word eternity |  | ice |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset eternity=Product from ice=Material |

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

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Making ice puzzles for eternity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t12:o4:1
# text = Making ice puzzles for eternity
1	Making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	puzzles	puzzle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	eternity	eternity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund |  | ice puzzles |  |  | for eternity |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent puzzle=Product for eternity=Asset |

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