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title: Determine the consequence which Peter and Paul each experienced afte… — Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the consequence which Peter and Paul each experienced after presenting their pearls before the king. Exam question 4 of lesson 1785 «Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper helps the ants and is set to sort the grain» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 4 · Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper…

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Determine the consequence which Peter and Paul each experienced after presenting their pearls before the king.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Peter · **What happens:** determine, present, pearl · **To what, where:** consequence, pearls

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1785 «Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper helps the ants and is set to sort the grain» 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/1785-pg641-part36/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:e4:1
# text = Determine the consequence which Peter and Paul each experienced after presenting their pearls before the king.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	Paul	Paul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	experienced	experienced	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	presenting	present	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	before	before	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **present** | gerund | you *not said here* | Peter's pearls |  |  | before the king |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme |
| 3 | **pearl** |  | Peter |  |  |  |  |  | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Their pearls transformed into cinders before the assembled court, which laughed at them loudly and long

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:e4:o1:1
# text = Their pearls transformed into cinders before the assembled court, which laughed at them loudly and long
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cinders	cinder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	_
15	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | participle |  | Their pearls *not said here* |  |  | before the assembled court | into cinders *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into cinder=Result |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **laugh** | past | Their pearls |  |  |  |  | at cinders *= cinder*; loudly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **pearl** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Their pearls transformed into cinders before the assembled court

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:e4:o2:1
# text = Their pearls transformed into cinders before the assembled court
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cinders	cinder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | participle | Their pearls |  |  |  | before the assembled court | into cinders *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into cinder=Result |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **pearl** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Their pearls were changed to cinders by the old woman's spell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:e4:o3:1
# text = Their pearls were changed to cinders by the old woman's spell
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	changed	change	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cinders	cinder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past · passive | the old woman's spell | Their pearls |  |  |  | to cinders | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **pearl** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
| 3 | **spell** |  | the old woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Their pearls transformed into cinders before the assembled court, and both were sent home in shame by the king

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1785-pg641-part36:e4:o4:1
# text = Their pearls transformed into cinders before the assembled court, and both were sent home in shame by the king
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	transformed	transform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cinders	cinder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
15	home	home	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	shame	shame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **transform** | participle | Their pearls |  |  |  |  | into cinders before the assembled court *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.result»: agent=Patient into cinder=Result |
| 2 | **assemble** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **send** | past · passive | the king | both |  | shame |  | home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in shame=Destination |
| 4 | **pearl** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pearl «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

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