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title: Where did Jack wait before he sneaked into the house the third time? — English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Bean… · tree and pragmatics
description: Where did Jack wait before he sneaked into the house the third time? Test 9 · ★ 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 pragmatics of the 
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# Test 9 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 10: Jack…

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Where did Jack wait before he sneaked into the house the third time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** wait, sneak · **To what, where:** house

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t9:1
# text = Where did Jack wait before he sneaked into the house the third time?
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	sneaked	sneak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · do-support | Jack |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **sneak** | past | Jack |  |  | the house | time |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into house=Destination |

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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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In shed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t9:o1:1
# text = In shed
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	shed	shed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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Behind a bush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t9:o2:1
# text = Behind a bush
1	Behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Under the window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t9:o3:1
# text = Under the window
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Outside

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1951-pg7439-part10:t9:o4:1
# text = Outside
1	Outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
```

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

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