Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack tricks, slays gia…

By what means did Jack deceive the giant regarding his capacity to consume food?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: mean, deceive, regard, consume · To what, where: giant capacity, food

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1501 «Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack tricks, slays giants, breaks the spell and wins the duke'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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 deceive	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 deceive	aux
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 deceive	nsubj
6	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 capacity	det
8	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 capacity	amod
9	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 capacity	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 capacity	nmod:poss
11	capacity	capacity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 deceive	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 consume	mark
13	consume	consume	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 capacity	acl
14	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 consume	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 deceive	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	deceive	past · do-support	Jack	Jack's giant capacity	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capacity=Patient
3	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	consume	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	food	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset

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

a leathern bag concealed beneath his coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bag	det
2	leathern	leathern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bag	amod
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	nsubj
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 coat	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coat	nmod:poss
7	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 concealed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	past	a leathern bag			his coat			vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath coat=Location

Option 2

a leathern bag secretly hidden under the great coat he wore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bag	det
2	leathern	leathern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bag	amod
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	5 hidden	advmod
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 bag	acl
6	under	under	ADP	_	9 coat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coat	det
8	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 coat	amod
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wore	nsubj
11	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 coat	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		a leathern bag not said here		the great coat		secretly property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under coat=Location
2	wear	past	he	the great coat not said here					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Option 3

a wooden box tucked within his cloak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 box	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 box	amod
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	tucked	tuck	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 box	acl
5	within	within	ADP	_	7 cloak	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 cloak	nmod:poss
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tuck	participle		a wooden box not said here				within his cloak	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a bag of pudding hidden in his sleeve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bag	det
2	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pudding	case
4	pudding	pudding	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bag	nmod
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pudding	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 sleeve	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sleeve	nmod:poss
8	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle		pudding not said here		his sleeve			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sleeve=Location

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