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title: So the castle used to be Jack's dad's, right? — Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstal… · tree and pragmatics
description: So the castle used to be Jack's dad's, right? Test 6 · ★ 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 r
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# Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
So the castle used to be Jack's dad's, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** castle · **What happens:** use, be

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t6:1
# text = So the castle used to be Jack's dad's, right?
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	cop	_	_
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
12	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past | the castle |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | 's Jack's dad | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, his dad's, then the giant took it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t6:o1:1
# text = Yep, his dad's, then the giant took it
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | the giant | it |  |  | then |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, it was his uncle's, then gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t6:o2:1
# text = Yep, it was his uncle's, then gone
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | 's his uncle | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  | then |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yep, his dad's, and the giant nicked it after killing the king in a fight

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t6:o3:1
# text = Yep, his dad's, and the giant nicked it after killing the king in a fight
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	nicked	nick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	killing	kill	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	fight	fight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | past | the giant | it |  |  |  |  | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **kill** | gerund | the giant *not said here* | the king |  | a fight |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, it was always the giant's, but Jack's dad lived in a hut near the cliff for years

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1535-pg540-part32:t6:o4:1
# text = Nah, it was always the giant's, but Jack's dad lived in a hut near the cliff for years
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hut	hut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	near	near	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | it |  |  |  |  | 's the giant; always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **live** | past | Jack's dad |  |  | a hut near the cliff | year |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hut=Location |

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