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title: wait so who's Jack's uncle then, the giant with three heads? — English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Ki… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait so who's Jack's uncle then, the giant with three heads? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and o
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# Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
wait so who's Jack's uncle then, the giant with three heads?

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

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1958 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant-Killer, part 17: Jack outwits a second giant and finds the captives» 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/1958-pg7439-part17/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t2:1
# text = wait so who's Jack's uncle then, the giant with three heads?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	Jack	Jack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	advcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | Jack's uncle |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, mate, a massive giant with two heads, proper scary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t2:o1:1
# text = yeah, mate, a massive giant with two heads, proper scary
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	massive	massive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, mate, a proper huge giant with three heads, dead scary

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t2:o2:1
# text = yeah, mate, a proper huge giant with three heads, dead scary
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, mate, a proper huge giant with three heads and goggle eyes, dead scary and well nasty to everyone around

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t2:o3:1
# text = yeah, mate, a proper huge giant with three heads and goggle eyes, dead scary and well nasty to everyone around
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	goggle	goggle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
19	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	20	advmod	_	_
20	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	20	obl	_	_
23	around	around	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yeah, mate, a proper huge giant with three heads and a club, dead scary and proper nasty

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1958-pg7439-part17:t2:o4:1
# text = yeah, mate, a proper huge giant with three heads and a club, dead scary and proper nasty
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	heads	head	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	scary	scary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
20	nasty	nasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	_
```

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

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