--- title: What did the villagers do when they heard? — Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Ja… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the villagers do when they heard? Test 8 · ★ 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 was wron --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1537-pg540-part34/t8/) [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/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant… What did the villagers do when they heard? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** villagers · **What happens:** do, hear This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t8:1 # text = What did the villagers do when they heard? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 villagers villager NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **do** | present | the villagers | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past | villagers *= villager* | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | 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} They hid in fear and locked the doors ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t8:o1:1 # text = They hid in fear and locked the doors 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | They | | | fear | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in fear=Location | | 2 | **lock** | past | They *not said here* | the doors | | | | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} They cheered and rang the bells ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t8:o2:1 # text = They cheered and rang the bells 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 rang ring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bells bell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheer** | past | They | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **ring** | past | They *not said here* | the bells | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} They cheered and offered to serve Jack ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t8:o3:1 # text = They cheered and offered to serve Jack 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 7 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheer** | past | They | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **offer** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **serve** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | Jack | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jack=Attribute | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} They cheered loudly and offered to serve Jack for life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1537-pg540-part34:t8:o4:1 # text = They cheered loudly and offered to serve Jack for life 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 cheered cheer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cheer** | past | They | | | | | loudly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **offer** | participle | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **serve** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | Jack | | | | for life | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent jack=Theme for life=Recipient | **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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