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title: Ok, so who first found Snowdrop lying on the floor? — Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ok, so who first found Snowdrop lying on the floor? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 755 «Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disguises, then the poisoned apple» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disgui…

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Ok, so who first found Snowdrop lying on the floor?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Snowdrop · **What happens:** find, lie · **To what, where:** Snowdrop, floor

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 755 «Grimm's Tales, Snowdrop, part 31: the queen's three disguises, then the poisoned apple» 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/755-pg2591-part31/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:755-pg2591-part31:t12:1
# text = Ok, so who first found Snowdrop lying on the floor?
1	Ok	ok	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
6	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	Snowdrop	Snowdrop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past |  | Snowdrop |  |  |  | first *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent snowdrop=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | Snowdrop *not said here* |  |  | the floor |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on floor=Location |

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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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The mirror, when it saw her lying on the bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:755-pg2591-part31:t12:o1:1
# text = The mirror, when it saw her lying on the bed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | the mirror | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | her *= she* *not said here* |  |  | the bed |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The dwarfs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:755-pg2591-part31:t12:o2:1
# text = The dwarfs
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The dwarfs, when they came home from the mountains at evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:755-pg2591-part31:t12:o3:1
# text = The dwarfs, when they came home from the mountains at evening
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	home	home	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the dwarfs |  |  | the mountains | evening | home *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from mountain=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A pedlar who came to the door at noon time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:755-pg2591-part31:t12:o4:1
# text = A pedlar who came to the door at noon time
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pedlar	pedlar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	noon	noon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | a pedlar |  |  | the door | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to door=Initial\_Location |

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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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