--- title: Identify the principal character who is portrayed as having lost a p… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal character who is portrayed as having lost a personal token of betrothal during the ascent of the mountain. Exam question 1 of lesson 862 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy climbs the mountain, meets the Ice Maiden, and loses his ring» of the books course of --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/862-pg27200-part73/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/862-pg27200-part73/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy clim… Identify the principal character who is portrayed as having lost a personal token of betrothal during the ascent of the mountain. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, portray, lose · **To what, where:** principal character, personal token This is exam question 1 of lesson 862 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ice Maiden, part 73: Rudy climbs the mountain, meets the Ice Maiden, and loses his ring» 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/862-pg27200-part73/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:e1:1 # text = Identify the principal character who is portrayed as having lost a personal token of betrothal during the ascent of the mountain. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 portrayed portray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 aux _ _ 10 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 personal personal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 betrothal betrothal NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 during during ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 ascent ascent NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal character | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme | | 2 | **portray** | present · passive | | the principal character | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **lose** | gerund · perfect | | a personal token of betrothal | | | during the ascent of the mountain | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent token=Eventuality | 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} Rudy, the hunter ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:e1:o1:1 # text = Rudy, the hunter 1 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Babette, the miller's girl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:e1:o2:1 # text = Babette, the miller's girl 1 Babette Babette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 miller miller NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Ice Maiden, who kissed him on the high pass ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:e1:o3:1 # text = The Ice Maiden, who kissed him on the high pass 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Ice Ice PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Maiden Maiden PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 pass pass NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kiss** | past | the Ice Maiden | him *= he* | | the high pass | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Rudy, the young hunter, who has lost the ring ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:862-pg27200-part73:e1:o4:1 # text = Rudy, the young hunter, who has lost the ring 1 Rudy Rudy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hunter hunter NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | present · perfect | the young hunter | the ring | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality | **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. 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