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title: What was the foster-mum like? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the foster-mum like? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home…

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What was the foster-mum like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** foster mum · **What happens:** be

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 858 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 69: Rudy walks home over the mountains, meets the strange maiden, then visits Babette at the mill» 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/858-pg27200-part69/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t5:1
# text = What was the foster-mum like?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	foster	foster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the foster mum |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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wriggly neck, kissing him, well weird

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t5:o1:1
# text = wriggly neck, kissing him, well weird
1	wriggly	wriggly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
8	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | gerund | wriggly neck *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
kinda bossy, always fussing about food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t5:o2:1
# text = kinda bossy, always fussing about food
1	kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	bossy	bossy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	fussing	fuss	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fuss** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | about food; always *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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wriggly neck, kissing him all the time, and well weird, like a bird with too many feathers

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t5:o3:1
# text = wriggly neck, kissing him all the time, and well weird, like a bird with too many feathers
1	wriggly	wriggly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	kissing	kiss	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
12	weird	weird	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kiss** | gerund | wriggly neck *not said here* | neck |  |  | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
cold hands, sharp voice, always scolding

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:858-pg27200-part69:t5:o4:1
# text = cold hands, sharp voice, always scolding
1	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	scolding	scold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scold** | gerund | cold hands and sharp voice *not said here* |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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