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title: what's the point of the pearl thing — Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus a… · tree and pragmatics
description: what's the point of the pearl thing Test 9 · ★ of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and p
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# Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
what's the point of the pearl thing

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** point · **What happens:** be, point · **To what, where:** pearl thing

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 868 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Claus and Big Claus, part 1: Big Claus kills Little Claus's only horse, and Little Claus climbs onto a shed roof to watch a feast» 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/868-pg27200-part79/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t9:1
# text = what's the point of the pearl thing
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the point of the pearl thing |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **point** |  |  | the pearl thing |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it's a gift for the baby lol

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t9:o1:1
# text = it's a gift for the baby lol
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a gift |  |  |  | for the baby | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it helps the baby sleep through the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t9:o2:1
# text = it helps the baby sleep through the night
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	baby	baby	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | it | the baby sleep |  |  | night |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sleep=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge and it also gives the newborn child great wealth

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t9:o3:1
# text = it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge and it also gives the newborn child great wealth
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	links	link	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	newborn	newborn	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **link** | present | it | the earth |  |  |  | to heaven; like a rainbow bridge | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent earth=Patient to heaven=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **give** | present | earth | great wealth | the newborn child |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent child=Recipient wealth=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:868-pg27200-part79:t9:o4:1
# text = it links the earth to heaven like a rainbow bridge
1	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	links	link	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	rainbow	rainbow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **link** | present | it | the earth |  |  |  | to heaven; like a rainbow bridge | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent earth=Patient to heaven=Co-Patient |

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