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title: State the number of children slain by the giant in the nursery. — Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstal… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the number of children slain by the giant in the nursery. Exam question 3 of lesson 1535 «Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trades the cow for magic beans» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 3 · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad…

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State the number of children slain by the giant in the nursery.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, slay · **To what, where:** number, children

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1535 «Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trades the cow for magic beans» 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/1535-pg540-part32/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e3:1
# text = State the number of children slain by the giant in the nursery.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of children |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic |
| 2 | **slay** | participle |  | children *not said here* |  |  |  | giant *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#o1}

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Three little children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e3:o1:1
# text = Three little children
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A dozen sleeping children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e3:o2:1
# text = A dozen sleeping children
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dozen	dozen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	amod	_	_
4	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Several lovely children, all asleep in their beds in the nursery upstairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e3:o3:1
# text = Several lovely children, all asleep in their beds in the nursery upstairs
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	beds	bed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	nursery	nursery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	upstairs	upstairs	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Several lovely children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:e3:o4:1
# text = Several lovely children
1	Several	several	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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