--- title: In what manner did the giant respond to the tailor's squeezing of th… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Littl… · tree and pragmatics description: In what manner did the giant respond to the tailor's squeezing of the cheese? Exam question 2 of lesson 1484 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 71: the tailor tricks two giants and is offered a post by the King» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1484-pg503-part71/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Littl…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1484-pg503-part71/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 71: t… In what manner did the giant respond to the tailor's squeezing of the cheese? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tailor · **What happens:** do, squeeze · **To what, where:** giant respond, manner, cheese This is exam question 2 of lesson 1484 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Valiant Little Tailor, part 71: the tailor tricks two giants and is offered a post by the King» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1484-pg503-part71/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1484-pg503-part71:e2:1 # text = In what manner did the giant respond to the tailor's squeezing of the cheese? 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 respond respond NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 squeezing squeezing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cheese cheese NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the giant respond | | what manner | | to the tailor's squeezing of the cheese | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respond=Eventuality | | 2 | **squeeze** | | the tailor | the cheese | | | | | nom squeezing «act transitive»: poss=agent of=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} He was impressed and asked for his help ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1484-pg503-part71:e2:o1:1 # text = He was impressed and asked for his help 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 impressed impressed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | impressed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | He *not said here* | | | | | for his help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **help** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} He conceived a great respect for the tailor ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1484-pg503-part71:e2:o2:1 # text = He conceived a great respect for the tailor 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 tailor tailor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceive** | past | He | a great respect | | | | for the tailor | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} He conceived a certain respect ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1484-pg503-part71:e2:o3:1 # text = He conceived a certain respect 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 conceived conceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceive** | past | He | a certain respect | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent respect=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} He felt a certain envy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1484-pg503-part71:e2:o4:1 # text = He felt a certain envy 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | past | He | a certain envy | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent envy=Theme | **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. 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