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title: exam: What was the principal reward proffered by the magistrates to… — English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: exam: What was the principal reward proffered by the magistrates to the slayer of Cormoran? Exam question 2 of lesson 1957 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 16: the old Woman flees the bears, and Jack fools the Welsh giant with pudding» of the books course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Exam question 2 · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 16: the o…

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exam: What was the principal reward proffered by the magistrates to the slayer of Cormoran?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** exam · **What happens:** be, proffer · **To what, where:** principal reward, slayer

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1957 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 16: the old Woman flees the bears, and Jack fools the Welsh giant with pudding» 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/1957-pg7439-part16/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e2:1
# text = exam: What was the principal reward proffered by the magistrates to the slayer of Cormoran?
1	exam	exam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	proffered	proffer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	magistrates	magistrate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl:agent	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	slayer	slayer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Cormoran	Cormoran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | exam | the principal reward |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **proffer** | participle |  | the principal reward *not said here* | the slayer of Cormoran |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to slayer=Recipient |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The giant's treasure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = The giant's treasure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	treasure	treasure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treasure** |  | the giant |  |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Gold coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = Gold coins
1	Gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The castle's silver plate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = The castle's silver plate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	plate	plate	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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A bag of money and the giant's lands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = A bag of money and the giant's lands
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
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	lands	land	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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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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