--- title: Did Jack chicken out halfway up, or what? — Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstal… · tree and pragmatics description: Did Jack chicken out halfway up, or what? Test 4 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1535-pg540-part32/t4/) [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/) / [Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstal…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1535-pg540-part32/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad… Did Jack chicken out halfway up, or what? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do out · **To what, where:** Jack chicken This is test 4 · ★ 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. 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t4:1 # text = Did Jack chicken out halfway up, or what? 1 Did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 chicken chicken NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 halfway halfway ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 1 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do out** | past | | Jack chicken | | | | out *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chicken=Eventuality | 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} Nah, he kept going, never quit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t4:o1:1 # text = Nah, he kept going, never quit 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 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 quit quit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **not** **quit** | infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yeah, he got scared and stopped ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t4:o2:1 # text = Yeah, he got scared and stopped 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 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 stopped stop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | he | | | | | scared *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **stop** | participle | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nah, he kept climbing up and up until he was totally exhausted ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t4:o3:1 # text = Nah, he kept climbing up and up until he was totally exhausted 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 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 climbing climb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 xcomp _ _ 6 up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 up up ADV RB _ 6 conj _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 12 totally totally ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 exhausted exhaust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **climb up** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **exhaust** | past · passive | | he | | | | totally *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nah, he just kept climbing up ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t4:o4:1 # text = Nah, he just kept climbing up 1 Nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 climbing climb VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 xcomp _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | he | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **climb up** | gerund | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=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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