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title: Did the brothers get the table off Jack straight away? — Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the brothers get the table off Jack straight away? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three ma…

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Did the brothers get the table off Jack straight away?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brothers · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** table

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1167-pg3027-part33/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t5:1
# text = Did the brothers get the table off Jack straight away?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	brothers	brother	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the brothers | the table |  |  |  | off Jack; away *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer table=Stimulus |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, the tale leaked out later.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t5:o1:1
# text = Nah, the tale leaked out later.
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	leaked	leak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leak out** | participle |  | the tale *not said here* |  |  |  | late *property* | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they took it straight away and the tale never leaked out at all.

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t5:o2:1
# text = Yeah, they took it straight away and the tale never leaked out at all.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	leaked	leak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	out	out	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | they | it |  |  |  | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **leak out** | participle · passive |  | the tale |  | all |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, they kept it for years.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, they kept it for years.
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | they | it |  |  | year |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, right at the start.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1167-pg3027-part33:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, right at the start.
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	start	start	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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