--- title: Which of the following accurately identifies the purpose for which G… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following accurately identifies the purpose for which Gerda resolved to visit the river? Exam question 3 of lesson 979 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda searches for him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/979-pg27200-part190/e3/) [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 Snow Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/979-pg27200-part190/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is c… Which of the following accurately identifies the purpose for which Gerda resolved to visit the river? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gerda · **What happens:** follow, identify, resolve, visit · **To what, where:** purpose, river This is exam question 3 of lesson 979 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 190: Kay is carried off by the Snow Queen while Gerda searches for him» 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/979-pg27200-part190/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:e3:1 # text = Which of the following accurately identifies the purpose for which Gerda resolved to visit the river? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 2 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 nsubj _ _ 5 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 identifies identify VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 11 Gerda Gerda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **identify** | present | | the purpose | | | | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme | | 3 | **resolve** | past | Gerda | | | | | for the purpose | tree rules | | 4 | **visit** | to-infinitive | Gerda *not said here* | the river | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Co-Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} She wished to ask it for Kay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:e3:o1:1 # text = She wished to ask it for Kay 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | She | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | | it | | | for Kay | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} She wanted to fetch her shoes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:e3:o2:1 # text = She wanted to fetch her shoes 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | She | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **fetch** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | her shoes | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} To find Kay ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:e3:o3:1 # text = To find Kay 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 Kay Kay PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | to-infinitive | | Kay | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kay=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} To bathe her feet ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:979-pg27200-part190:e3:o4:1 # text = To bathe her feet 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 bathe bathe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bathe** | to-infinitive | | her feet | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme foot=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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