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title: Describe the sound which awakens the ogre during Jack's second depar… — English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Bean… · tree and pragmatics
description: Describe the sound which awakens the ogre during Jack's second departure. Exam question 4 of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack…

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Describe the sound which awakens the ogre during Jack's second departure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sound, Jack · **What happens:** describe, awaken, depart · **To what, where:** sound, ogre

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1951 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack steals gold and a golden hen from the ogre's house» 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/1951-pg7439-part10/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e4:1
# text = Describe the sound which awakens the ogre during Jack's second departure.
1	Describe	describe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	awakens	awaken	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ogre	ogre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	departure	departure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sound |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |
| 2 | **awaken** | present | the sound | the ogre |  |  | during Jack's second departure |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location ogre=Theme |
| 3 | **depart** |  | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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The thump of footsteps

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e4:o1:1
# text = The thump of footsteps
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thump	thump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	footsteps	footstep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thump** |  | footsteps |  |  |  |  |  | nom thump «event intransitive»: of=agent |

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

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The cackle of the hen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e4:o2:1
# text = The cackle of the hen
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cackle	cackle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cackle** |  | the hen |  |  |  |  |  | nom cackle «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The sudden loud squawk of the hen as Jack was running off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e4:o3:1
# text = The sudden loud squawk of the hen as Jack was running off
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	loud	loud	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	squawk	squawk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hen	hen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past · progressive | the sudden loud squawk of the hen as Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **squawk** |  | the hen as Jack |  |  |  |  |  | nom squawk «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The sound of a crash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:e4:o4:1
# text = The sound of a crash
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crash	crash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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