--- title: Did the glass break when it got too slippery? — Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Did the glass break when it got too slippery? Test 6 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova' --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/978-pg27200-part189/t6/) [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 tales, The Snow Queen, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/978-pg27200-part189/) / t6 # Test 6 · ★ · Andersen tales, The Snow Queen, part 1: the Snow Man melts… Did the glass break when it got too slippery? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** break · **What happens:** do, get · **To what, where:** glass break This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t6:1 # text = Did the glass break when it got too slippery? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 break break NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 slippery slippery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the glass break | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent break=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | past | break | | | | | slippery *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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} yeah, it dropped and broke all over ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t6:o1:1 # text = yeah, it dropped and broke all over 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 all all ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 over over ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | it | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break** | past | | | | | | over *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} yeah, it fell and smashed everywhere ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t6:o2:1 # text = yeah, it fell and smashed everywhere 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 smashed smash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past | it | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **smash** | past | | | | | | everywhere *property* | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, it slid off and stayed whole ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t6:o3:1 # text = nah, it slid off and stayed whole 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stayed stay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **slide off** | past | it | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **stay** | past | | | | | | whole *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} yeah, it fell off the shelf and smashed everywhere on the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:978-pg27200-part189:t6:o4:1 # text = yeah, it fell off the shelf and smashed everywhere on the floor 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 off off ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 shelf shelf NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 smashed smash VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 9 advmod _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall off** | past | it | the shelf | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient shelf=Extent | | 2 | **smash** | past | | | | the floor | | everywhere *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on floor=Destination | **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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