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title: Why did the Fairy set up that whole bean trick? — Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why did the Fairy set up that whole bean trick? Test 11 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice wa
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# Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Why did the Fairy set up that whole bean trick?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Fairy · **What happens:** set up

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t11:1
# text = Why did the Fairy set up that whole bean trick?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	set	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bean	bean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set up** | past · do-support | the Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To check what sort of lad Jack was

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t11:o1:1
# text = To check what sort of lad Jack was
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | what sort of lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **sort** |  |  | lad |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To check what sort of lad Jack was, since he was a fairy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t11:o2:1
# text = To check what sort of lad Jack was, since he was a fairy
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	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	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	since	since	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | what sort |  |  |  | of lad | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | Jack |  |  |  | since a fairy |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To check what sort of lad Jack was and whether he was brave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t11:o3:1
# text = To check what sort of lad Jack was and whether he was brave
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	4	det	_	_
4	sort	sort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	lad	lad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
8	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
10	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | what sort of lad |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | past | sort |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **sort** |  |  | lad |  |  |  |  | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To see what Jack could do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t11:o4:1
# text = To see what Jack could 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	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | 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** | could | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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