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title: Identify the sequence in which the brothers and Jack arrived before… — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dulla… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the sequence in which the brothers and Jack arrived before the Princess, as recorded in the text. Exam question 4 of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen
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# Exam question 4 · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Pr…

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Identify the sequence in which the brothers and Jack arrived before the Princess, as recorded in the text.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, brothers · **What happens:** identify, arrive, record · **To what, where:** sequence, text

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 820 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Jack the Dullard: Jack wins the Princess with clay, a crow and a wooden shoe» 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/820-pg27200-part31/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e4:1
# text = Identify the sequence in which the brothers and Jack arrived before the Princess, as recorded in the text.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sequence	sequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sequence |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme |
| 2 | **arrive** | past | the brothers and Jack |  |  | the sequence | before the Princess |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **record** | participle |  |  |  | the text |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=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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Jack arrived before the brothers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e4:o1:1
# text = Jack arrived before the brothers
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	arrived	arrive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | past | Jack |  |  |  | before the brothers |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The brothers first, then Jack last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e4:o2:1
# text = The brothers first, then Jack last
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	last	last	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The brothers first, one after another, and then Jack arriving last of all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e4:o3:1
# text = The brothers first, one after another, and then Jack arriving last of all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
6	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
13	last	last	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **arrive** | gerund | the brothers |  |  |  | then | last *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jack first, then the eldest brother, then the others by a full hour later

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:820-pg27200-part31:e4:o4:1
# text = Jack first, then the eldest brother, then the others by a full hour later
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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

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