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title: Which of the following best describes the act by which the herd-boy… — Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following best describes the act by which the herd-boy first came into contact with the giant? Exam question 1 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 
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# Exam question 1 · Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor her…

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Which of the following best describes the act by which the herd-boy first came into contact with the giant?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** herd boy · **What happens:** follow, describe, come · **To what, where:** act, contact

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1695 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Giants and the Herd-boy: a poor herd-boy helps a wounded giant, gets a magic loaf and an invisible belt, and wins his master's daughter» 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/1695-pg640-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e1:1
# text = Which of the following best describes the act by which the herd-boy first came into contact with the giant?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	case	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	nmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	16	advmod	_	_
16	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the act |  |  |  | of the best | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | past | the herd boy |  |  | contact with the giant |  | by the act; first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into contact=Initial\_Location |

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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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By pulling a thorn from the giant's foot and then giving him a loaf of bread to eat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = By pulling a thorn from the giant's foot and then giving him a loaf of bread to eat
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	pulling	pull	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	thorn	thorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	iobj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | gerund |  | a thorn |  | the giant's foot |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent thorn=Theme from foot=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **give** | gerund |  | a loaf of bread | giant |  | then |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient loaf=Theme |
| 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He stole the giant's magic belt while he slept

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = He stole the giant's magic belt while he slept
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stole	steal	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	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	magic	magic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	belt	belt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	slept	sleep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past | He | the giant's magic belt |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location belt=Theme |
| 2 | **sleep** | past | giant |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He wrapped the giant's wound in a cloth from the village and then helped him back home

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = He wrapped the giant's wound in a cloth from the village and then helped him back home
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wrapped	wrap	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	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	home	home	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | past | He | the giant's wound |  | a cloth |  | from the village | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wound=Theme in cloth=Destination |
| 2 | **help back** | past | He *not said here* |  | giant |  | then | home *property* | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **wound** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom wound «state transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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He bound the giant's injured foot with his own shirt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1695-pg640-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = He bound the giant's injured foot with his own shirt
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bound	bind	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	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	injured	injured	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	shirt	shirt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past | He | the giant's injured foot |  |  |  | with giant's own shirt | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient with shirt=Co-Patient |

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