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title: Did the ladies get a proper thank-you from Jack, bruv? — Fairy Tales, The History of Jack the G… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the ladies get a proper thank-you from Jack, bruv? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1500 «Fairy Tales, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, part 1: Jack traps and slays two giants, frees three ladies, and walks on to a Welsh giant's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency t
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# Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, part 1:…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Did the ladies get a proper thank-you from Jack, bruv?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ladies · **What happens:** get · **To what, where:** Jack

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1500 «Fairy Tales, The History of Jack the Giant-Killer, part 1: Jack traps and slays two giants, frees three ladies, and walks on to a Welsh giant's house» 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/1500-pg503-part87/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1500-pg503-part87:t6:1
# text = Did the ladies get a proper thank-you from Jack, bruv?
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	ladies	lady	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	thank	thank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	conj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	bruv	bruv	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | the ladies |  |  | Jack |  |  | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from jack=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he gave them nothing but a quick nod and walked away from the castle

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1500-pg503-part87:t6:o1:1
# text = Nah, he gave them nothing but a quick nod and walked away from the castle
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
7	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	nod	nod	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	away	away	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | nothing | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient nothing=Theme |
| 2 | **walk away** | past | he *not said here* |  |  | the castle |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from castle=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he gave them coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1500-pg503-part87:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he gave them coins
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | he | coins | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient coin=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Jack gave them the castle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1500-pg503-part87:t6:o3:1
# text = Yeah, Jack gave them the castle
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Jack | the castle | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient castle=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, Jack gave them the castle and everything inside it, mate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1500-pg503-part87:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, Jack gave them the castle and everything inside it, mate
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	conj	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | Jack | the castle and mate | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient castle=Theme |

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