Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…

Which action of Jack's directly causes the death of the Giant?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: action, Jack · What happens: cause, act · To what, where: death

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his castle» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Jack	case
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 action	nmod
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Jack	case
6	directly	directly	ADV	_	7 causes	advmod
7	causes	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 death	det
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 causes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Giant	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Giant	det
12	Giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 death	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 causes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	present	which action of Jack	the death of the Giant				directly property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient
2	act		Jack						nom action «act intransitive»: of=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 severs the stem of the Beanstalk with one blow

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	2 severs	nsubj
2	severs	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stem	det
4	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 severs	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Beanstalk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Beanstalk	det
7	Beanstalk	beanstalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stem	nmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 blow	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 blow	nummod
10	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 severs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever	present	He	the stem of the Beanstalk				with one blow	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stem=Theme
2	stem			the Beanstalk					nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

He chops the Beanstalk down

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	2 chops	nsubj
2	chops	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Beanstalk	det
4	Beanstalk	beanstalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chops	obj
5	down	down	ADV	_	2 chops	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop down	present	He	the Beanstalk				down property	vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beanstalk=Patient

Option 3

He chops through the thick stem of the Beanstalk with his axe

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	2 chops	nsubj
2	chops	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	6 stem	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stem	det
5	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stem	amod
6	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chops	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 Beanstalk	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Beanstalk	det
9	Beanstalk	Beanstalk	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stem	nmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 axe	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 axe	nmod:poss
12	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop	present	He					with his axe; through the thick stem of the Beanstalk	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through stem=Patient
2	stem			the Beanstalk					nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He severs the stem of the Beanstalk

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	2 severs	nsubj
2	severs	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stem	det
4	stem	stem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 severs	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Beanstalk	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Beanstalk	det
7	Beanstalk	Beanstalk	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stem	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sever	present	He	the stem of the Beanstalk					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stem=Theme
2	stem			the Beanstalk					nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient

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