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title: Which character is described as having "a crown of hardened ice and… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character is described as having "a crown of hardened ice and polished fir-cones"? Exam question 1 of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin…

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Which character is described as having "a crown of hardened ice and polished fir-cones"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** describe, have, harden, polish, crown · **To what, where:** character, crown, hardened ice

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 823 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Elf Hill: the Norwegian goblin visits, and the seven daughters show their skills» 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/823-pg27200-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e1:1
# text = Which character is described as having "a crown of hardened ice and polished fir-cones"?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	hardened	harden	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
15	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	cones	cone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  | which character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | a crown of hardened ice and polished fir cones |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Patient |
| 3 | **harden** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **polish** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **crown** *in a quote* |  |  | hardened ice |  |  |  |  | nom crown «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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 water-god

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = The water-god
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The old goblin's youngest son from the Dovre mountains and the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = The old goblin's youngest son from the Dovre mountains and the sea
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Dovre	Dovre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The seventh daughter, the witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = The seventh daughter, the witch
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	seventh	seventh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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The old goblin from the Dovre mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:823-pg27200-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = The old goblin from the Dovre mountains
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	goblin	goblin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Dovre	Dovre	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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