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title: Which action of Jack's directly causes the death of the Giant? — Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action of Jack's directly causes the death of the Giant? Exam question 1 of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his castle» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Exam question 1 · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…

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Which action of Jack's directly causes the death of the Giant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** action, Jack · **What happens:** cause, act · **To what, where:** death

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his castle» 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/1537-pg540-part34/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e1:1
# text = Which action of Jack's directly causes the death of the Giant?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | which action of Jack | the death of the Giant |  |  |  | directly *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition death=Patient |
| 2 | **act** |  | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | nom action «act intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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He severs the stem of the Beanstalk with one blow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e1:o1:1
# text = He severs the stem of the Beanstalk with one blow
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	severs	sever	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Beanstalk	beanstalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	blow	blow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** | present | He | the stem of the Beanstalk |  |  |  | with one blow | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stem=Theme |
| 2 | **stem** |  |  | the Beanstalk |  |  |  |  | nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He chops the Beanstalk down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e1:o2:1
# text = He chops the Beanstalk down
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chops	chop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Beanstalk	beanstalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop down** | present | He | the Beanstalk |  |  |  | down *property* | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beanstalk=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He chops through the thick stem of the Beanstalk with his axe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e1:o3:1
# text = He chops through the thick stem of the Beanstalk with his axe
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	chops	chop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Beanstalk	Beanstalk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chop** | present | He |  |  |  |  | with his axe; through the thick stem of the Beanstalk | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through stem=Patient |
| 2 | **stem** |  |  | the Beanstalk |  |  |  |  | nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He severs the stem of the Beanstalk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e1:o4:1
# text = He severs the stem of the Beanstalk
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	severs	sever	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stem	stem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Beanstalk	Beanstalk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** | present | He | the stem of the Beanstalk |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stem=Theme |
| 2 | **stem** |  |  | the Beanstalk |  |  |  |  | nom stem «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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