--- title: What occupation did Lazy Jack's mother pursue to sustain the househo… — English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part… · tree and pragmatics description: What occupation did Lazy Jack's mother pursue to sustain the household? Exam question 3 of lesson 1965 «English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part 1: Mr. Fox is cut to pieces, Lazy Jack wins a bride, and a cake escapes from the oven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1965-pg7439-part24/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, Johnny-Cake, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1965-pg7439-part24/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part 1: Mr. Fox is cut t… What occupation did Lazy Jack's mother pursue to sustain the household? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** occupation, mother · **What happens:** do, pursue, sustain · **To what, where:** household This is exam question 3 of lesson 1965 «English Fairy Tales, Johnny-Cake, part 1: Mr. Fox is cut to pieces, Lazy Jack wins a bride, and a cake escapes from the oven» 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/1965-pg7439-part24/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:e3:1 # text = What occupation did Lazy Jack's mother pursue to sustain the household? 1 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 occupation occupation NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Lazy Lazy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 pursue pursue VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 sustain sustain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | what occupation | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pursue** | present | Lazy Jack's mother | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sustain** | to-infinitive | Lazy Jack's mother *not said here* | the household | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent household=Theme | 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} cooking food ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:e3:o1:1 # text = cooking food 1 cooking cook VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | gerund | | food | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} working as a cook in the big house ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:e3:o2:1 # text = working as a cook in the big house 1 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | as a cook; in the big house | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in house=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} spinning ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:e3:o3:1 # text = spinning 1 spinning spin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spin** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} weaving cloth ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1965-pg7439-part24:e3:o4:1 # text = weaving cloth 1 weaving weave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **weave** | gerund | | cloth | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Product | **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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