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title: Lol, what did Jack shout at the little men to make them go faster? — English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Cast… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, what did Jack shout at the little men to make them go faster? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the…

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Lol, what did Jack shout at the little men to make them go faster?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack, men · **What happens:** shout, make, go · **To what, where:** men

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» 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/1956-pg7439-part15/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:t6:1
# text = Lol, what did Jack shout at the little men to make them go faster?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	shout	shout	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | past · do-support | Jack |  |  |  |  | at the little men | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | Jack *not said here* | men *= man* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | men *= man* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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faster now

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:t6:o1:1
# text = faster now
1	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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gallop on through the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:t6:o2:1
# text = gallop on through the wood
1	gallop	gallop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gallop on** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the wood |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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spur up and put speed on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:t6:o3:1
# text = spur up and put speed on
1	spur	spur	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
5	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spur up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put on** | participle | you *not said here* | speed |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent speed=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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ride back to the hall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1956-pg7439-part15:t6:o4:1
# text = ride back to the hall
1	ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the hall |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to hall=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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