--- title: By what means did the Finland woman dispose of the message inscribed… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: By what means did the Finland woman dispose of the message inscribed upon the dried fish? Exam question 2 of lesson 984 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda rides the reindeer north to Finland and is left alone in the snow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the d --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/984-pg27200-part195/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 Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/984-pg27200-part195/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda ri… By what means did the Finland woman dispose of the message inscribed upon the dried fish? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** mean, do, inscribe, dry · **To what, where:** Finland woman dispose, message · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is exam question 2 of lesson 984 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda rides the reindeer north to Finland and is left alone in the snow» 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/984-pg27200-part195/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e2:1 # text = By what means did the Finland woman dispose of the message inscribed upon the dried fish? 1 By by SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 Finland Finland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 dispose dispose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 inscribed inscribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 dried dry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **do** | past | | the Finland woman dispose of the message | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispose=Eventuality | | 3 | **inscribe** | participle | | the message *not said here* | | | | upon the dried fish | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **dry** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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} she tossed it in the cooking pan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e2:o1:1 # text = she tossed it in the cooking pan 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cooking cooking NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pan pan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss** | past | she | it | | the cooking pan | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pan=Destination | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she placed it in the soup saucepan ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e2:o2:1 # text = she placed it in the soup saucepan 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 soup soup NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 saucepan saucepan NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past | she | it | | the soup saucepan | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in saucepan=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} she dropped it in the stew pot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e2:o3:1 # text = she dropped it in the stew pot 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 stew stew NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 pot pot NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | she | it | | the stew pot | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in pot=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} she boiled it ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e2:o4:1 # text = she boiled it 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 boiled boil VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boil** | past | she | it | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | **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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