--- title: What period of grace was granted to Jack for recovering the castle? — Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golde… · tree and pragmatics description: What period of grace was granted to Jack for recovering the castle? Exam question 4 of lesson 1954 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13: Jack wins a castle, loses it, and sets out to find it» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1954-pg7439-part13/e4/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golde…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1954-pg7439-part13/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13… What period of grace was granted to Jack for recovering the castle? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** grant, recover · **To what, where:** period, Jack, castle This is exam question 4 of lesson 1954 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and the Golden Snuff-box, part 13: Jack wins a castle, loses it, and sets out to find it» 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/1954-pg7439-part13/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e4:1 # text = What period of grace was granted to Jack for recovering the castle? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 2 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 grace grace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 recovering recover VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | past · passive | | period of grace | Jack | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal what=Theme | | 2 | **recover** | gerund | | the castle | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} a twelvemonths and a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e4:o1:1 # text = a twelvemonths and a day 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 twelvemonths twelvemonth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} a twelvemonths and a day, not a minute more or less ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e4:o2:1 # text = a twelvemonths and a day, not a minute more or less 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 twelvemonths twelvemonth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 10 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a year and a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e4:o3:1 # text = a year and a day 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} twelve months and a day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1954-pg7439-part13:e4:o4:1 # text = twelve months and a day 1 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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