Exam question 2 · Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Ja…

To what purpose did the Giantess conceal Jack within the wardrobe during the Giant's return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: purpose, Giantess · What happens: do, conceal · To what, where: Jack

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1536 «Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Jack is hidden in the Giant's wardrobe and steals the golden-egg hen» 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 conceal	obl
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Giantess	det
6	Giantess	Giantess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	nsubj
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obj
9	within	within	ADP	_	11 wardrobe	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wardrobe	det
11	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
12	during	during	ADP	_	16 return	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 return	det
14	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 return	amod
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Giant	case
16	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conceal	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 conceal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	purpose						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	conceal	present	the Giantess	Jack			during the Giant return	within the wardrobe	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

to save him from the Giant's dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 save	mark
2	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 save	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	8 dinner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Giant	det
6	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 dinner	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Giant	case
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 save	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	to-infinitive		him = he		the Giant's dinner			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from dinner=Source

Option 2

to hide him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive		him = he					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

to keep him quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 keep	mark
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	obj
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive		him = he				quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

to protect him from being eaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 protect	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	6 eaten	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 eaten	aux:pass
6	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 protect	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive			him = he				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
2	eat	gerund · passive							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»

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