Exam question 1 · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the…

Which of the following best describes the means by which Jack dispatched the giant Thunderdell?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: the, Jack · What happens: follow, describe, mean, dispatch · To what, where: giant Thunderdell · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» 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	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 means	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 dispatched	obl
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	nsubj
12	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 means	ccomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Thunderdell	det
14	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Thunderdell	amod
15	Thunderdell	Thunderdell	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dispatched	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the not said here		of the best	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent which=Theme
3	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	dispatch	past	Jack	the giant Thunderdell		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thunderdell=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

He tricked the giant into a deep moat

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 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	ADP	_	8 moat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 moat	det
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 moat	amod
8	moat	moat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	He	the giant				into a deep moat result	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent giant=Patient into moat=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He trapped the giant in a dark cave

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 trapped	nsubj
2	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 trapped	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 cave	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cave	det
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cave	amod
8	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 trapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	participle	He			a dark cave		giant property	vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in cave=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He lured the giant onto a drawbridge which collapsed beneath him

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 lured	nsubj
2	lured	lure	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	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lured	obj
5	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 drawbridge	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 drawbridge	det
7	drawbridge	drawbridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lured	obl
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 collapsed	nsubj
9	collapsed	collapse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 drawbridge	acl:relcl
10	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 collapsed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lure	past	He	the giant		a drawbridge			vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient
2	collapse	past	a drawbridge					beneath him = he	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He challenged the giant to a duel on the bridge, and the giant fell off when he lost his footing

The tree, 20 words

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 challenged	nsubj
2	challenged	challenge	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 challenged	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 duel	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 duel	det
7	duel	duel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 challenged	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 bridge	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bridge	det
10	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 challenged	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fell	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 fell	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 giant	det
14	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fell	nsubj
15	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 challenged	conj
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 fell	compound:prt
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	19 lost	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 lost	nsubj
19	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 fell	advcl
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 footing	nmod:poss
21	footing	footing	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	challenge	past	He	the giant	the bridge	to a duel	tree rules
2	fall off	past	the giant				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	lose	past	giant	giant's footing			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent footing=Eventuality

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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