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title: Which object was discovered fastened within the body of the Snow Man… — Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object was discovered fastened within the body of the Snow Man upon his dissolution? Exam question 1 of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 1 · Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts…

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Which object was discovered fastened within the body of the Snow Man upon his dissolution?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Man · **What happens:** discover, fasten, dissolve · **To what, where:** object

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 978 «Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts, the mirror shatters, Kay and Gerda meet» 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/978-pg27200-part189/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e1:1
# text = Which object was discovered fastened within the body of the Snow Man upon his dissolution?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Snow	Snow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	Man	Man	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | past · passive |  | which object |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fasten** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | within the body of the Snow Man upon Man's dissolution | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **dissolve** |  | Man |  |  |  |  |  | nom dissolution «process 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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a shovel tied onto the post

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e1:o1:1
# text = a shovel tied onto the post
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shovel	shovel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	tied	tie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | participle |  | a shovel *not said here* |  |  |  | onto the post | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient onto post=Co-Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a stove key

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e1:o2:1
# text = a stove key
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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a stove scraper affixed to the pole

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e1:o3:1
# text = a stove scraper affixed to the pole
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	affixed	affix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affix** | participle |  | a stove scraper *not said here* |  |  |  | to the pole | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to pole=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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a scraper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:e1:o4:1
# text = a scraper
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scraper	scraper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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