--- title: What reason does the Fairy give for testing Jack by means of the bea… — Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Ja… · tree and pragmatics description: What reason does the Fairy give for testing Jack by means of the beans? Exam question 3 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 e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1537-pg540-part34/e3/) [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/) / [Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Ja…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1537-pg540-part34/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant… What reason does the Fairy give for testing Jack by means of the beans? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** reason · **What happens:** do, mean · **To what, where:** Fairy give This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e3:1 # text = What reason does the Fairy give for testing Jack by means of the beans? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 give give NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 testing testing NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 9 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 beans bean NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | what reason | the Fairy give | | | | for testing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent give=Eventuality | | 2 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of the beans | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} To discover what sort of lad he is ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e3:o1:1 # text = To discover what sort of lad he is 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 discover discover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | to-infinitive | | what sort of lad | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | he | what sort of lad *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sort=Theme | | 3 | **sort** | | | lad | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} To learn what kind of boy Jack is ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e3:o2:1 # text = To learn what kind of boy Jack is 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | present | | what kind | | | | of boy | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} To see what Jack can do ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e3:o3:1 # text = To see what Jack can do 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 4 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | can | Jack | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} To discover what sort of lad he is and how brave ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:e3:o4:1 # text = To discover what sort of lad he is and how brave 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 discover discover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 4 det _ _ 4 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 11 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **discover** | to-infinitive | | what sort of lad | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Topic | | 2 | **be** | present | he | what sort of lad *not said here* | | | | | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sort=Theme | | 3 | **sort** | | | lad | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | **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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