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title: Why did Jack dye his hair, like, before going back? — Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Be… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did Jack dye his hair, like, before going back? Test 11 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 11 · ★ · Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Ja…

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Why did Jack dye his hair, like, before going back?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** dye, go back · **To what, where:** hair

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t11:1
# text = Why did Jack dye his hair, like, before going back?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	dye	dye	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dye** | past · do-support | Jack | Jack's hair |  |  |  |  | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient |
| 2 | **go back** | gerund | Jack *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=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 disguise himself from the giant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t11:o1:1
# text = to disguise himself from the giant
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disguise	disguise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | to-infinitive |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  | from the giant | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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so the Giantess wouldn't know him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t11:o2:1
# text = so the Giantess wouldn't know him
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Giantess	Giantess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **know** | would | the Giantess | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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to disguise himself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t11:o3:1
# text = to disguise himself
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	disguise	disguise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disguise** | to-infinitive |  | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme himself=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to appear as a man

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t11:o4:1
# text = to appear as a man
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	appear	appear	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	as	as	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | as a man | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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