--- title: Which of the following best states the reason the King gave for choo… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following best states the reason the King gave for choosing the Leap-frog? Exam question 2 of lesson 294 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come home, then a jumping contest begins» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/294-pg1597-part21/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come… Which of the following best states the reason the King gave for choosing the Leap-frog? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** best, King · **What happens:** follow, state, give, choose · **To what, where:** reason, Leap frog This is exam question 2 of lesson 294 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Kay and Gerda come home, then a jumping contest begins» 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/294-pg1597-part21/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:e2:1 # text = Which of the following best states the reason the King gave for choosing the Leap-frog? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 case _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 6 nsubj _ _ 6 states state VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 12 for for SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 choosing choose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 Leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present | the best | the reason | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past | the King | the reason *not said here* | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | gerund | the King *not said here* | the Leap frog | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He had shown understanding by leaping to his daughter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:e2:o1:1 # text = He had shown understanding by leaping to his daughter 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 understanding understanding NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 by by SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 leaping leap VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | past · perfect | He | understanding | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent understanding=Recipient | | 2 | **leap** | gerund | He *not said here* | | his daughter | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to daughter=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} He had proved he was the cleverest jumper of the court ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:e2:o2:1 # text = He had proved he was the cleverest jumper of the court 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 cleverest clever ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 8 amod _ _ 8 jumper jumper NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | past · perfect | He | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | he | the cleverest jumper | | | | of the court | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} He had jumped the highest ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:e2:o3:1 # text = He had jumped the highest 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 aux _ _ 3 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 highest high ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **jump** | past | He | the highest | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme high=Trajectory | ### Option 4 {#o4} He was the best jumper ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:294-pg1597-part21:e2:o4:1 # text = He was the best jumper 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 jumper jumper NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | He | the best jumper | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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