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title: By what means did Jack deceive the giant regarding his capacity to c… — Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Jack deceive the giant regarding his capacity to consume food? Exam question 2 of lesson 1501 «Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack tricks, slays giants, breaks the spell and wins the duke's daughter» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 2 · Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack tricks, slays gia…

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By what means did Jack deceive the giant regarding his capacity to consume food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** mean, deceive, regard, consume · **To what, where:** giant capacity, food

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1501 «Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack tricks, slays giants, breaks the spell and wins the duke's daughter» 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/1501-pg503-part88/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1501-pg503-part88:e2:1
# text = By what means did Jack deceive the giant regarding his capacity to consume food?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	deceive	deceive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	capacity	capacity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
14	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **deceive** | past · do-support | Jack | Jack's giant capacity |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent capacity=Patient |
| 3 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **consume** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | food |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Asset |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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a leathern bag concealed beneath his coat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1501-pg503-part88:e2:o1:1
# text = a leathern bag concealed beneath his coat
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	leathern	leathern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	concealed	conceal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conceal** | past | a leathern bag |  |  | his coat |  |  | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent beneath coat=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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a leathern bag secretly hidden under the great coat he wore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1501-pg503-part88:e2:o2:1
# text = a leathern bag secretly hidden under the great coat he wore
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	leathern	leathern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	secretly	secretly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | a leathern bag *not said here* |  | the great coat |  | secretly *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under coat=Location |
| 2 | **wear** | past | he | the great coat *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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a wooden box tucked within his cloak

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1501-pg503-part88:e2:o3:1
# text = a wooden box tucked within his cloak
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	tucked	tuck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tuck** | participle |  | a wooden box *not said here* |  |  |  | within his cloak | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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a bag of pudding hidden in his sleeve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1501-pg503-part88:e2:o4:1
# text = a bag of pudding hidden in his sleeve
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pudding	pudding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	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	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  | pudding *not said here* |  | his sleeve |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sleeve=Location |

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