Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…

Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which Jack obtained the magical articles from his uncle the giant?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jack · What happens: follow, describe, obtain · To what, where: manner, magical articles

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 obtained	obl
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 obtained	nsubj
12	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 articles	det
14	magical	magical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 articles	amod
15	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 obtained	obj
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 uncle	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 uncle	nmod:poss
18	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtained	obl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 giant	det
20	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 obtained	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	obtain	past	Jack	the magical articles	the manner	from Jack's uncle	tree rules

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

Jack bargained hard for the gear, and the giant grudgingly surrendered the coat, cap, sword and shoes

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 bargained	nsubj
2	bargained	bargain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 bargained	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 gear	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gear	det
6	gear	gear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bargained	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 surrendered	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 surrendered	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 giant	det
10	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 surrendered	nsubj
11	grudgingly	grudgingly	ADV	_	12 surrendered	advmod
12	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bargained	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 coat	det
14	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 surrendered	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cap	punct
16	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coat	conj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sword	punct
18	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 coat	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 shoes	cc
20	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 sword	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bargain	past	Jack					for the gear; hard property	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	surrender	past	the giant	the coat and cap and sword and shoes				grudgingly property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Option 2

Jack tricked the giant into handing over the coat, cap, sword and boots, which he took away

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	nsubj
2	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obj
5	into	into	SCONJ	_	6 handing	mark
6	handing	hand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 tricked	advcl
7	over	over	ADP	_	6 handing	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 coat	det
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 coat	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sword	punct
13	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 handing	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 boots	cc
15	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 sword	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 took	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 took	nsubj
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 took	nsubj
19	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sword	acl:relcl
20	away	away	ADV	_	19 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	trick	past	Jack	the giant		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient
2	hand over	gerund	Jack not said here	the coat and cap	sword and boots obl	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Theme
3	take away	past	sword and boots		away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Jack requested only the old coat, cap, sword and slippers, which the giant then gave him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 requested	nsubj
2	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 coat	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coat	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 coat	amod
6	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requested	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cap	punct
8	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sword	punct
10	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coat	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 slippers	cc
12	slippers	slipper	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 coat	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 gave	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 gave	nsubj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giant	det
16	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 gave	nsubj
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 gave	advmod
18	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 slippers	acl:relcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 gave	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	past	Jack	the old coat and cap and sword and slippers					vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent coat=Recipient
2	give	past	slippers		Jack		then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

He bought them from a merchant

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 bought	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bought	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 merchant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	He	them = they		a merchant			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Theme from merchant=Source

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