--- title: Which flower, in the account given in this part, is said to be singi… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Which flower, in the account given in this part, is said to be singing a song concerning three deceased maidens? Exam question 1 of lesson 981 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 192: Gerda runs from the garden, hears the flowers' tales, and meets a crow» 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/981-pg27200-part192/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 Snow Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/981-pg27200-part192/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 192: Gerda ru… Which flower, in the account given in this part, is said to be singing a song concerning three deceased maidens? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** song, three · **What happens:** give, say, sing, concern, decease · **To what, where:** account, part, flower, song, maidens · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 1 of lesson 981 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 192: Gerda runs from the garden, hears the flowers' tales, and meets a crow» 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/981-pg27200-part192/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e1:1 # text = Which flower, in the account given in this part, is said to be singing a song concerning three deceased maidens? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 flower flower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 7 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux _ _ 16 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 20 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nsubj _ _ 21 deceased decease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 22 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | the account *not said here* | | this part | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · passive | | which flower | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive · progressive | | a song | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme | | 4 | **concern** | gerund | a song *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **decease** | past | three | maidens | | | | | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} the hyacinth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e1:o1:1 # text = the hyacinth 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hyacinth hyacinth NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} the lily ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e1:o2:1 # text = the lily 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 lily lily NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} the rose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e1:o3:1 # text = the rose 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} the narcissus ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:981-pg27200-part192:e1:o4:1 # text = the narcissus 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 narcissus narcissus 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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