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title: What became of the giant's former land after Tom's victory? — English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What became of the giant's former land after Tom's victory? Exam question 4 of lesson 242 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a giant» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Exam question 4 · English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the footba…

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What became of the giant's former land after Tom's victory?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** become

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 242 «English Fairy Tales, Tom Hickathrift: Tom beats the football crowd, four robbers and a tinker, then kills a giant» 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/242-pg14241-part9/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e4:1
# text = What became of the giant's former land after Tom's victory?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	giant	giant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past |  |  |  |  |  | of the giant's former land after Tom's victory | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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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}

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All of it was given to the poor as common land for their sheep and cows

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e4:o1:1
# text = All of it was given to the poor as common land for their sheep and cows
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nmod	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	sheep	sheep	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | All | the poor |  |  | as common land; for their sheep and cows | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: subject=Theme to poor=Recipient for sheep=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was turned into a royal park for deer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e4:o2:1
# text = It was turned into a royal park for deer
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	turned	turn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	deer	deer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | past · passive |  | It |  | a royal park for deer |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into park=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Part was given to the poor as common land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e4:o3:1
# text = Part was given to the poor as common land
1	Part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | Part | the poor |  |  | as common land | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to poor=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Part was given to the poor as common land and the rest went to Tom

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:242-pg14241-part9:e4:o4:1
# text = Part was given to the poor as common land and the rest went to Tom
1	Part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Tom	Tom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | Part | the poor |  |  | as common land | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to poor=Recipient |
| 2 | **go** | past | the rest |  |  | Tom |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tom=Initial\_Location |

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