Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…

Which of the following statements correctly states the reason the captives gave for their imprisonment within the giant's cave?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: captives · What happens: follow, state, give, imprison · To what, where: reason

This is exam question 3 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	7 states	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 states	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 states	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 captives	det
11	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 imprisonment	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 imprisonment	nmod:poss
15	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
16	within	within	ADP	_	20 cave	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 giant	det
18	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cave	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 giant	case
20	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 states	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	state speech: other	present		the reason	of the following statements; correctly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
3	give	past	the captives	the reason not said here	for captives's imprisonment; within the giant's cave	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for imprisonment=Asset
4	imprison		captives = captive			nom imprisonment «act transitive»: 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

They were townsfolk stolen by the giant, and they asked Jack if he had come to rescue them

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 townsfolk	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 townsfolk	cop
3	townsfolk	townsfolk	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 townsfolk	acl
5	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 giant	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giant	det
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stolen	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 asked	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asked	nsubj
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 townsfolk	parataxis
12	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 asked	iobj
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	16 come	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 come	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 come	aux
16	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 asked	ccomp
17	to	to	PART	_	18 rescue	mark
18	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 come	advcl
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rescue	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	townsfolk			tree rules
2	steal	participle		townsfolk not said here		giant property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	past	townsfolk		Jack		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent jack=Recipient clause=Topic
4	come a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Jack				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	rescue	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	townsfolk			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

They were knights held for ransom, and they begged Jack to set them free from the giant's den

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knights	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knights	cop
3	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 begged	nsubj
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 knights	acl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 ransom	case
6	ransom	ransom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 begged	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 begged	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 begged	nsubj
10	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 begged	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 set	mark
13	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 begged	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 set	obj
15	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 set	xcomp
16	from	from	ADP	_	20 den	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 giant	det
18	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 den	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 giant	case
20	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	knights				tree rules
2	hold	participle		knights not said here			for ransom	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	beg speech: request	past	knights		Jack			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent jack=Recipient
4	set	to-infinitive	knights not said here	knights = knight		the giant's den	free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient they=Result

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

They were captives held in a miserable den, and they asked Jack whether he had come to join them

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 captives	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 captives	cop
3	captives	captive	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 captives	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 den	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 den	det
7	miserable	miserable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 den	amod
8	den	den	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 held	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 asked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 asked	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 asked	nsubj
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 captives	conj
13	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 asked	iobj
14	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	17 come	mark
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 come	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 come	aux
17	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 asked	ccomp
18	to	to	PART	_	19 join	mark
19	join	join	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 come	xcomp
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 join	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	They	captives			tree rules
2	hold	participle		captives not said here		a miserable den	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in den=Location
3	ask speech: ask	past	captives = captive		Jack		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent jack=Recipient clause=Topic
4	come	past · perfect	Jack				tree rules
5	join	to-infinitive	Jack not said here	captives = captive			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

They were giants who had been beaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 giants	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 giants	cop
3	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 beaten	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 beaten	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 beaten	aux:pass
7	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 giants	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	They	giants					tree rules
2	beat	past · perfect · passive		giants					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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