Exam question 4 · Danish Fairy Tales, Jesper and the Pearls, part 36: Jesper…

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

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

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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 experienced	nsubj
5	Peter	Peter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 experienced	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Paul	cc
7	Paul	Paul	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Peter	conj
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 experienced	det
9	experienced	experienced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 consequence	acl:relcl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 presenting	mark
11	presenting	present	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 experienced	advcl
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 pearls	nmod:poss
13	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 presenting	obj
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 king	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 presenting	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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

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

Option 1

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

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pearls	nmod:poss
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 laughed	nsubj
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pearls	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 cinders	case
5	cinders	cinder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transformed	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 court	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 court	det
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 court	amod
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 laughed	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 laughed	nsubj
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 them	case
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 laughed	obl
15	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	12 laughed	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 long	cc
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 laughed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

Their pearls transformed into cinders before the assembled court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pearls	nmod:poss
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transformed	nsubj
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 cinders	case
5	cinders	cinder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transformed	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 court	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 court	det
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 court	amod
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 transformed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pearls	nmod:poss
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 changed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	aux:pass
4	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 cinders	case
6	cinders	cinder	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 changed	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	12 spell	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woman	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 woman	amod
10	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 spell	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 woman	case
12	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

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

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 pearls	nmod:poss
2	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transformed	nsubj
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 cinders	case
5	cinders	cinder	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transformed	obl
6	before	before	ADP	_	9 court	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 court	det
8	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 court	amod
9	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cinders	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sent	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sent	cc
12	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	14 sent	nsubj:pass
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 sent	aux:pass
14	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 transformed	conj
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 sent	advmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 shame	case
17	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sent	obl
18	by	by	ADP	_	20 king	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 king	det
20	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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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