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description: With what emotion does the narrator describe Rudy's walk along the snowy path? Exam question 3 of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» of the books course of Mova's primary scho
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# Exam question 3 · Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous…

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With what emotion does the narrator describe Rudy's walk along the snowy path?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** narrator, Rudy · **What happens:** describe, walk · **To what, where:** walk

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 861 «Andersen's Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 72: Rudy is jealous of the Englishman, Babette sends him away, and Rudy walks home alone over the mountains» 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/861-pg27200-part72/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e3:1
# text = With what emotion does the narrator describe Rudy's walk along the snowy path?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	narrator	narrator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	Rudy	Rudy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	along	along	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	snowy	snowy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · do-support | the narrator | Rudy's walk |  |  |  | with what emotion; along the snowy path | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent walk=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** |  | Rudy |  |  |  |  |  | nom walk «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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Hopeful and eager, marching quickly toward the mill through the moonlit valley and the deep snow drifts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e3:o1:1
# text = Hopeful and eager, marching quickly toward the mill through the moonlit valley and the deep snow drifts
1	Hopeful	hopeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	eager	eager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	marching	march	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	mill	mill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	through	through	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	moonlit	moonlit	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	drifts	drift	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **march** | gerund | Hopeful |  |  | the moonlit valley and the deep snow drifts |  | toward the mill; quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme toward mill=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Cold and sorrowful, amidst the Ice Maiden's realm, with his heart heavy and his feet numb in the snow

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e3:o2:1
# text = Cold and sorrowful, amidst the Ice Maiden's realm, with his heart heavy and his feet numb in the snow
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	amidst	amidst	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
19	numb	numb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lonely and sad through the frozen pines

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e3:o3:1
# text = Lonely and sad through the frozen pines
1	Lonely	lonely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sad	sad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	pines	pine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **freeze** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Cold and sorrowful, amidst the Ice Maiden's realm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:861-pg27200-part72:e3:o4:1
# text = Cold and sorrowful, amidst the Ice Maiden's realm
1	Cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	amidst	amidst	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Ice	Ice	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	realm	realm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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