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title: The windows were proper frozen, so what did the boy do? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House,… · tree and pragmatics
description: The windows were proper frozen, so what did the boy do? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 299 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier leaves and the old man dies» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier…

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The windows were proper frozen, so what did the boy do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** freeze, do · **To what, where:** windows

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 299 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Old House, the pewter soldier leaves and the old man dies» 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/299-pg1597-part26/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:t5:1
# text = The windows were proper frozen, so what did the boy do?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	proper	properly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | past · passive |  | the windows |  |  |  | properly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **do** | past · do-support | the boy |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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scraped the ice

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:t5:o1:1
# text = scraped the ice
1	scraped	scrape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrape** | past |  | the ice |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ice=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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breathed on them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:t5:o2:1
# text = breathed on them
1	breathed	breathe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **breathe** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | on them *= they* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on they=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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waited for the frost to melt in sunshine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:t5:o3:1
# text = waited for the frost to melt in sunshine
1	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	melt	melt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past |  |  |  |  |  | for the frost | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **melt** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | sunshine |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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scraped the frost off with his coat sleeve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:299-pg1597-part26:t5:o4:1
# text = scraped the frost off with his coat sleeve
1	scraped	scrape	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	frost	frost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scrape off** | past |  | the frost |  |  |  | with his coat sleeve | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frost=Patient with sleeve=Instrument |

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