--- title: Why was the giantess dodgy about letting Jack in second time? — Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Be… · tree and pragmatics description: Why was the giantess dodgy about letting Jack in second time? Test 14 · ★ 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 pragmatic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1536-pg540-part33/t14/) [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/) / [Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Be…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1536-pg540-part33/) / t14 # Test 14 · ★ · Jack the Giant-Killer, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 33: Ja… Why was the giantess dodgy about letting Jack in second time? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** giantess · **What happens:** be, let · **To what, where:** Jack This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t14:1 # text = Why was the giantess dodgy about letting Jack in second time? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giantess giantess NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 dodgy dodgy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 about about SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 letting let VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 8 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 11 amod _ _ 11 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the giantess | | | | | dodgy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **let** | gerund | the giantess *not said here* | Jack | | | time | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Theme | 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} she feared a burglary ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t14:o1:1 # text = she feared a burglary 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 burglary burglary NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | she | a burglary | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer burglary=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} she feared a robbery ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t14:o2:1 # text = she feared a robbery 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 robbery robbery NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | she | a robbery | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer robbery=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} she was sure he had come to steal the hen ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t14:o3:1 # text = she was sure he had come to steal the hen 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | she | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | he | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **steal** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the hen | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hen=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} she feared another robbery by the same boy ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1536-pg540-part33:t14:o4:1 # text = she feared another robbery by the same boy 1 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 4 det _ _ 4 robbery robbery NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | she | another robbery | | | | by the same boy | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer robbery=Stimulus | **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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