--- title: exam: What did the Welsh giant intend to do to Jack during the night… — English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Ki… · tree and pragmatics description: exam: What did the Welsh giant intend to do to Jack during the night, according to his muttered verse? Exam question 3 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 primar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1957-pg7439-part16/e3/) [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/) / [English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Ki…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1957-pg7439-part16/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 16: the o… exam: What did the Welsh giant intend to do to Jack during the night, according to his muttered verse? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Welsh giant, giant · **What happens:** intend, do, jack, accord, mutter, verse · **To what, where:** exam This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e3:1 # text = exam: What did the Welsh giant intend to do to Jack during the night, according to his muttered verse? 1 exam exam NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 3 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Welsh welsh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Jack jack VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 13 during during ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 case _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 17 fixed _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 muttered mutter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 amod _ _ 21 verse verse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **intend** | past · do-support | the Welsh giant | exam | | | | accord giant's muttered verse | tree rules | | 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Welsh giant *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **jack** | infinitive | the Welsh giant *not said here* | | | | night | | tree rules | | 4 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **mutter** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **verse** | | giant | | | | | | nom verse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 {#o1} Smash his skull open ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e3:o1:1 # text = Smash his skull open 1 Smash smash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smash** | imperative | you *not said here* | his skull | | | | open *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skull=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Dash his brains out ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e3:o2:1 # text = Dash his brains out 1 Dash dash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 brains brain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dash out** | imperative | you *not said here* | his brains | | | | out *property* | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Break his neck quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e3:o3:1 # text = Break his neck quickly 1 Break break VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* | his neck | | | | quickly *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=Patient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Kill him ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1957-pg7439-part16:e3:o4:1 # text = Kill him 1 Kill kill VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **kill** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | **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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