--- title: Which season were they chilling in when the frost was everywhere? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree… · tree and pragmatics description: Which season were they chilling in when the frost was everywhere? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 296 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: the ending, Remembrance flies through the seasons and the old couple wear golden crowns» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/296-pg1597-part23/t4/) [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 Elder-Tree…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/296-pg1597-part23/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: the ending,… Which season were they chilling in when the frost was everywhere? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** season, frost · **What happens:** chill in, be This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 296 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elder-Tree Mother: the ending, Remembrance flies through the seasons and the old couple wear golden crowns» 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/296-pg1597-part23/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:296-pg1597-part23:t4:1 # text = Which season were they chilling in when the frost was everywhere? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 season season NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 chilling chill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 in in ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 when when SCONJ WRB _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chill in** | past · progressive | which season | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | the frost | | | | | everywhere *property* | tree rules | 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} Winter, obviously, with the frost on everything and the snow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:296-pg1597-part23:t4:o1:1 # text = Winter, obviously, with the frost on everything and the snow 1 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 frost frost NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 snow snow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Winter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:296-pg1597-part23:t4:o2:1 # text = Winter 1 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Spring, I think ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:296-pg1597-part23:t4:o3:1 # text = Spring, I think 1 Spring spring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | spring | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Winter, obviously ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:296-pg1597-part23:t4:o4:1 # text = Winter, obviously 1 Winter Winter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 obviously obviously ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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