Exam question 4 · Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Ja…

Upon what basis did the Giantess refuse to admit Jack initially on his return?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: basis · What happens: do, admit, return · To what, where: Giantess refuse, Jack, return

This is exam question 4 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
3	basis	basis	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	7 refuse	det
6	Giantess	Giantess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 refuse	compound
7	refuse	refuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 admit	mark
9	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 refuse	acl
10	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 admit	obj
11	initially	initially	ADV	_	9 admit	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 return	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 return	nmod:poss
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 admit	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	past	basis	the Giantess refuse			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuse=Eventuality
2	admit speech: other	to-infinitive	basis not said here	Jack	basis's return	initially property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent jack=Theme on return=Location
3	return		basis				nom return «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice

he had been rude to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rude	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rude	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 rude	cop
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	he		her = she			rude property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she feared another robbery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	4 robbery	det
4	robbery	robbery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	she	another robbery					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer robbery=Stimulus

Option 3

she was cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cross	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	cop
3	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					cross property	tree rules

Option 4

she was scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					scared property	tree rules

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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