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title: Bro, why'd the Giant end up face-down on the ground? — Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Ja… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why'd the Giant end up face-down on the ground? Test 2 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bro, why'd the Giant end up face-down on the ground?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Giant · **What happens:** end up

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t2:1
# text = Bro, why'd the Giant end up face-down on the ground?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
7	end	end	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl:relcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | present | the Giant |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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 {#o1}

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He tripped on some dodgy stone that was wobbly and loose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t2:o1:1
# text = He tripped on some dodgy stone that was wobbly and loose
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tripped	trip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
5	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	wobbly	wobbly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | past | He |  |  | some dodgy stone |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stone=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | past | some dodgy stone |  |  |  |  | wobbly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | some dodgy stone *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He tripped on a dodgy loose stone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t2:o2:1
# text = He tripped on a dodgy loose stone
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tripped	trip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **trip** | past | He |  |  | a dodgy loose stone |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stone=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He slipped on a wet rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t2:o3:1
# text = He slipped on a wet rock
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	slipped	slip	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **slip** | past | He |  |  | a wet rock |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He stepped on a dodgy loose stone and face-planted hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t2:o4:1
# text = He stepped on a dodgy loose stone and face-planted hard
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stepped	step	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	loose	loose	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	planted	plant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
12	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step** | past | He |  |  | a dodgy loose stone |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stone=Trajectory |
| 2 | **plant** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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