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description: To what purpose did the Giantess conceal Jack within the wardrobe during the Giant's return? Exam question 2 of lesson 1536 «Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Jack is hidden in the Giant's wardrobe and steals the golden-egg hen» of the books course of Mova's primary school, wit
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# Exam question 2 · Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Ja…

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To what purpose did the Giantess conceal Jack within the wardrobe during the Giant's return?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** purpose, Giantess · **What happens:** do, conceal · **To what, where:** Jack

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1536 «Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Jack is hidden in the Giant's wardrobe and steals the golden-egg hen» 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/1536-pg540-part33/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:e2:1
# text = To what purpose did the Giantess conceal Jack within the wardrobe during the Giant's return?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Giantess	Giantess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	within	within	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	wardrobe	wardrobe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	during	during	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | purpose |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conceal** | present | the Giantess | Jack |  |  | during the Giant return | within the wardrobe | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Patient |

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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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to save him from the Giant's dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:e2:o1:1
# text = to save him from the Giant's dinner
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  | the Giant's dinner |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from dinner=Source |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to hide him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:e2:o2:1
# text = to hide him
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to keep him quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:e2:o3:1
# text = to keep him quiet
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | quiet *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |

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

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to protect him from being eaten

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:e2:o4:1
# text = to protect him from being eaten
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	eaten	eat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **eat** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V» |

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