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title: At what point was Gerda abandoned by the reindeer? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics
description: At what point was Gerda abandoned by the reindeer? Exam question 4 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 dependency tree and pragmatics of the qu
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen, part 195: Gerda ri…

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At what point was Gerda abandoned by the reindeer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, abandon · **To what, where:** point Gerda

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e4:1
# text = At what point was Gerda abandoned by the reindeer?
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	Gerda	Gerda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	reindeer	reindeer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | point Gerda |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **abandon** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the reindeer | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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beside a bush bearing red berries and thorns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e4:o1:1
# text = beside a bush bearing red berries and thorns
1	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	thorns	thorn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | a bush *not said here* | red berries and thorns |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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beside a huge old bush bearing bright red berries in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e4:o2:1
# text = beside a huge old bush bearing bright red berries in the snow
1	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | a huge old bush *not said here* | bright red berries |  | the snow |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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beside a tall pine in the snow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e4:o3:1
# text = beside a tall pine in the snow
1	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	pine	pine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	snow	snow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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beside a bush bearing red berries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:984-pg27200-part195:e4:o4:1
# text = beside a bush bearing red berries
1	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | a bush *not said here* | red berries |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent berry=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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