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title: What was the immediate consequence of the daughter throwing the Frog… — Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Th… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the immediate consequence of the daughter throwing the Frog against the wall? Exam question 2 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with
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# Exam question 2 · Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Fr…

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What was the immediate consequence of the daughter throwing the Frog against the wall?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** immediate consequence · **What happens:** be, throw · **To what, where:** immediate consequence, Frog, wall

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 124 «Household Tales, The Travels of Tom Thumb, part 27: the Frog becomes a Prince, Henry's bands break, and Tom Thumb ends up in a cow» 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/124-pg11027-part27/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e2:1
# text = What was the immediate consequence of the daughter throwing the Frog against the wall?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	against	against	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	wall	wall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the immediate consequence |  |  |  | of the daughter | tree rules |
| 2 | **throw** | gerund | the immediate consequence *not said here* | the Frog |  | the wall |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent frog=Theme against wall=Destination |

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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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He lay motionless on the carpet while the servants fetched a doctor and some healing herbs

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e2:o1:1
# text = He lay motionless on the carpet while the servants fetched a doctor and some healing herbs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	motionless	motionless	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	carpet	carpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	servants	servant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	fetched	fetch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
15	healing	healing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	herbs	herb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | He |  |  | the carpet |  | motionless *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on carpet=Location |
| 2 | **fetch** | past | the servants | a doctor and some healing herbs |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doctor=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He was carried off by a flock of geese toward the distant northern mountains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e2:o2:1
# text = He was carried off by a flock of geese toward the distant northern mountains
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	flock	flock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	geese	goose	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry off** | past · passive | a flock of geese | He |  |  |  | toward the distant northern mountains | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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

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He was transformed into a handsome Prince

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e2:o3:1
# text = He was transformed into a handsome Prince
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | past · passive |  | He |  |  |  | into a handsome Prince *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into prince=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He jumped back into the garden pond

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:124-pg11027-part27:e2:o4:1
# text = He jumped back into the garden pond
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	jumped	jump	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump back** | past | He |  |  |  |  | into the garden pond *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into pond=Result |

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