--- title: Identify the object which the old woman employs to support herself w… — Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the object which the old woman employs to support herself when she approaches the child. Exam question 2 of lesson 980 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts in a boat to an old woman's garden, where the roses vanish and she forgets Kay» of the books course of Mova's prim --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/980-pg27200-part191/e2/) [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 Tales, The Snow Queen, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/980-pg27200-part191/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts i… Identify the object which the old woman employs to support herself when she approaches the child. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, old woman, woman · **What happens:** identify, employ, support, approach · **To what, where:** object, woman, child This is exam question 2 of lesson 980 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 191: Gerda drifts in a boat to an old woman's garden, where the roses vanish and she forgets Kay» 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/980-pg27200-part191/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:e2:1 # text = Identify the object which the old woman employs to support herself when she approaches the child. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 employs employ VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 support support VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 14 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 approaches approach VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **employ** | present | the old woman | the object | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **support** | to-infinitive | the old woman *not said here* | woman | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | | 4 | **approach** | present | woman | the child | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | 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} a wooden cane ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:e2:o1:1 # text = a wooden cane 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cane cane NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a heavy broom ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:e2:o2:1 # text = a heavy broom 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 heavy heavy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 broom broom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} a crutch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:e2:o3:1 # text = a crutch 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crutch crutch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} a club ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:980-pg27200-part191:e2:o4:1 # text = a club 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 club club NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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