--- title: how did the giant even know Jack was there, fam? — English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Ki… · tree and pragmatics description: how did the giant even know Jack was there, fam? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1959-pg7439-part18/t4/) [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/1959-pg7439-part18/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the… how did the giant even know Jack was there, fam? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** know, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1959 «English Fairy Tales, Jack the Giant Killer: Jack frees the captives, beats the two-headed giant Thunderdell, then wins a duke's daughter from a giant and conjurer» 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/1959-pg7439-part18/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t4:1 # text = how did the giant even know Jack was there, fam? 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 5 even even ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 fam fam NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | | | | | | giant *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | Jack | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | 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} he could tell by the bright light of Jack's torch shining through the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t4:o1:1 # text = he could tell by the bright light of Jack's torch shining through the gate 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 torch torch NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 12 shining shine VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could | he | | | | | by the bright light of Jack's torch | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **shine** | gerund | Jack's torch *not said here* | | | the gate | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through gate=Location | | 3 | **light** | | | Jack's torch | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} he spotted him from the tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t4:o2:1 # text = he spotted him from the tower 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 spotted spot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spot** | past | he | | him *= he* | the tower | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Destination | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he sniffed him out, said he smelt blood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t4:o3:1 # text = he sniffed him out, said he smelt blood 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sniffed sniff VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 smelt smelt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 9 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sniff out** | past | he | him *= he* | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **smelt** | infinitive | he | blood | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he just guessed where he was ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1959-pg7439-part18:t4:o4:1 # text = he just guessed where he was 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 just just ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **guess** | past | he | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | past | he | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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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