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title: Which of the following constitutes the principal wonder of the pot f… — Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following constitutes the principal wonder of the pot fashioned by the Prince during his period of service? Exam question 4 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» of the books course of Mova's primary sc
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is…

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Which of the following constitutes the principal wonder of the pot fashioned by the Prince during his period of service?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, constitute, wonder · **To what, where:** principal wonder, pot

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1733 «Andersen's Tales, The Swineherd, part 1: a poor Prince is refused by the Princess and becomes a swineherd» 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/1733-pg640-part57/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e4:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the principal wonder of the pot fashioned by the Prince during his period of service?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wonder	wonder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pot	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	during	during	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | present |  | the principal wonder of the pot |  |  | during his period of service |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wonder=Pivot |
| 3 | **wonder** |  |  | the pot |  |  |  |  | nom wonder «feeling transitive»: of=patient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Its capacity to disclose the dinners prepared in every hearth of the town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e4:o1:1
# text = Its capacity to disclose the dinners prepared in every hearth of the town
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	disclose	disclose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	dinners	dinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disclose** | to-infinitive | Its capacity | the dinners |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dinner=Topic |
| 2 | **prepare** | participle |  | the dinners *not said here* |  | every hearth of the town |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Its skill at sounding bells that call the court to dine each evening

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e4:o2:1
# text = Its skill at sounding bells that call the court to dine each evening
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	skill	skill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	sounding	sound	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	call	call	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	dine	dine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	det	_	_
13	evening	evening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **call** | present | sounding bells | the court |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent court=Recipient |
| 3 | **dine** | to-infinitive | sounding bells *not said here* |  |  |  | evening |  | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Its capacity to reveal every dinner prepared in every hearth of the town, and to sing the tune of the King

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e4:o3:1
# text = Its capacity to reveal every dinner prepared in every hearth of the town, and to sing the tune of the King
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reveal	reveal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	hearth	hearth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	sing	sing	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	tune	tune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reveal** | to-infinitive | Its capacity | every dinner |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dinner=Topic |
| 2 | **prepare** | participle |  | every dinner *not said here* |  | every hearth of the town |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Its capacity *not said here* | the tune of the King |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tune=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Its power to show the gold hidden in every cellar of the castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1733-pg640-part57:e4:o4:1
# text = Its power to show the gold hidden in every cellar of the castle
1	Its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	cellar	cellar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | to-infinitive | Its power | the gold |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gold=Recipient |
| 2 | **hide** | participle |  | the gold *not said here* |  | every cellar of the castle |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location |

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