--- title: Who was the legend who said "snip, snap, snare" lol? — Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen… · tree and pragmatics description: Who was the legend who said "snip, snap, snare" lol? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 986 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Gerda and Kay come home grown up, and the Flower is thrown away» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/986-pg27200-part197/t5/) [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/986-pg27200-part197/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Gerda and Kay come… Who was the legend who said "snip, snap, snare" lol? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** legend · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** legend, snip · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 986 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Snow Queen: Gerda and Kay come home grown up, and the Flower is thrown away» 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/986-pg27200-part197/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:986-pg27200-part197:t5:1 # text = Who was the legend who said "snip, snap, snare" lol? 1 Who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 snip snip NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 snap snap NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 snare snare NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ _ 14 lol lol INTJ UH _ 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the legend | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the legend | snip and snap and snare | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent snip=Topic | 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} The robber-girl who lived in the old castle with the wild crows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:986-pg27200-part197:t5:o1:1 # text = The robber-girl who lived in the old castle with the wild crows 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wild wild NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the robber girl | | | the old castle | | with the wild crows | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The robber-girl ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:986-pg27200-part197:t5:o2:1 # text = The robber-girl 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The robber-king ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:986-pg27200-part197:t5:o3:1 # text = The robber-king 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} The little robber-girl who laughed at the reindeer and the crows too ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:986-pg27200-part197:t5:o4:1 # text = The little robber-girl who laughed at the reindeer and the crows too 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 robber robber NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 reindeer reindeer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ _ 14 too too ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | the little robber girl | | | the reindeer and the crows | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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