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title: Okay, what did the train look like to her? — Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay, what did the train look like to her? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Okay, what did the train look like to her?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** train · **What happens:** look

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This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 860 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 71: Rudy captures the eaglet and brings it to the mill, while the Ice Maiden mocks the railway» 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/860-pg27200-part71/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t7:1
# text = Okay, what did the train look like to her?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past · do-support | the train |  |  |  |  | like her *= she* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dragon with a long hot tail, rushing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t7:o1:1
# text = A dragon with a long hot tail, rushing.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tail	tail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	rushing	rush	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rush** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Like a long rope, zooming by quick.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t7:o2:1
# text = Like a long rope, zooming by quick.
1	Like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rope	rope	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	zooming	zoom	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **zoom** | gerund | a long rope *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by quick | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by quick=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A winding serpent, going past super fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t7:o3:1
# text = A winding serpent, going past super fast
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	winding	winding	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	past	past	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	super	super	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go past** | gerund | a winding serpent *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast, past *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A winding serpent of carriages, going past super fast like a storm wind over the snowy valley floor.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:860-pg27200-part71:t7:o4:1
# text = A winding serpent of carriages, going past super fast like a storm wind over the snowy valley floor.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	winding	winding	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	serpent	serpent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	carriages	carriage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
8	past	past	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	super	super	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	over	over	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
17	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go past** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | fast, past *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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