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title: no cap, Kay walked in with boots going creak creak? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: no cap, Kay walked in with boots going creak creak? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 982 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crow…

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no cap, Kay walked in with boots going creak creak?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cap, boots · **What happens:** walk in, go · **To what, where:** creak creak

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 982 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 193: the crowds fail at the palace, and Gerda is smuggled into the prince's bedroom» 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/982-pg27200-part193/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t3:1
# text = no cap, Kay walked in with boots going creak creak?
1	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	creak	creak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	creak	creak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk in** | past | no cap |  |  |  |  | with boots | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | boots *not said here* | creak creak |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location creak=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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nope, his shoes were silent and neat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t3:o1:1
# text = nope, his shoes were silent and neat
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his shoes |  |  |  |  | silent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | his shoes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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yeah, his boots squeaked and he laughed about it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t3:o2:1
# text = yeah, his boots squeaked and he laughed about it
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	squeaked	squeak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeak** | past | his boots |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **laugh** | past | he |  |  |  |  | about it | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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yeah, his boots creaked loud and he didn't care

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t3:o3:1
# text = yeah, his boots creaked loud and he didn't care
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	creaked	creak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **creak** | past | his boots |  |  |  |  | loud *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **care** | past · do-support | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, he wore slippers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:982-pg27200-part193:t3:o4:1
# text = yep, he wore slippers
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	slippers	slipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | he | slippers |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent slipper=Theme |

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