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title: Wait, was Gerda wearing boots when she got dropped off? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: Wait, was Gerda wearing boots when she got dropped off? Test 8 · ★ 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 que
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# Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 20: Gerda get…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait, was Gerda wearing boots when she got dropped off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Gerda · **What happens:** wait, wear, drop off · **To what, where:** boots, Gerda

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t8:1
# text = Wait, was Gerda wearing boots when she got dropped off?
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	dropped	drop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	advcl	_	_
11	off	off	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** | past · progressive | Gerda | boots |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boot=Theme |
| 3 | **drop off** | past · passive |  | Gerda |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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Nope, she had no boots or gloves, only her thin dress and bare cold hands

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t8:o1:1
# text = Nope, she had no boots or gloves, only her thin dress and bare cold hands
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	thin	thin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	bare	bare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
16	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | no boots or gloves |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, she was missing both gloves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t8:o2:1
# text = Nope, she was missing both gloves
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	missing	miss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past · progressive | she | both gloves |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer glove=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, she had lost both her boots and gloves somewhere on the long road north

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t8:o3:1
# text = Nope, she had lost both her boots and gloves somewhere on the long road north
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	both	both	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	north	north	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past · perfect | she |  |  | the long road |  | both her boots and gloves; somewhere *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, she had no boots or gloves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:293-pg1597-part20:t8:o4:1
# text = Nope, she had no boots or gloves
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | no boots or gloves |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient |

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**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.

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