Exam question 1 · Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three ma…

Which object did the first giant give to Jack as a reward for his service?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, service · To what, where: first giant give

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 give	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 give	amod
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 give	amod
7	give	give	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 Jack	case
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 give	nmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 reward	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 reward	det
12	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 service	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 service	nmod:poss
15	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which object	the first giant give				to Jack; as a reward; for object's service	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent give=Eventuality
2	service		object						nom service «act transitive»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

The little table, which produced food upon command.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 table	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 table	amod
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 produced	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 produced	nsubj
6	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	obj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 command	case
9	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 produced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past	the little table	food				upon command	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Result

Option 2

The golden harp, which played music on command.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 harp	det
2	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 harp	amod
3	harp	harp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 played	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 played	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 played	nsubj
6	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 played	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 command	case
9	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 played	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 played	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the golden harp	music		command			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent music=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The little bag, which produced a castle and a grand feast for Jack and his household.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bag	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bag	amod
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 produced	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 produced	nsubj
6	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 feast	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 feast	det
11	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 feast	amod
12	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 castle	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 Jack	case
14	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 feast	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 household	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 household	nmod:poss
17	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 Jack	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 produced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past	the little bag	a castle and a grand feast for Jack and his household					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Result

Option 4

The little table, which produced food upon command and never ran out at all.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 table	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 table	amod
3	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 produced	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 produced	nsubj
6	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	obj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 command	case
9	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 produced	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ran	cc
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 ran	advmod
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 produced	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 ran	compound:prt
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 ran	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 produced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	produce	past	the little table	food				upon command	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Result
2	not run out	past	the little table not said here			all			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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