---
title: Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the… — Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the ta… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the tailor first dispatched the two giants? Exam question 1 of lesson 742 «Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/e1/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / [Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the ta…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/) / e1

# Exam question 1 · Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the tailor first dispatched the two giants?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tailor · **What happens:** follow, describe, dispatch · **To what, where:** manner, two giants

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 1 of lesson 742 «Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes» 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/742-pg2591-part18/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:742-pg2591-part18:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately describes the manner in which the tailor first dispatched the two giants?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tailor	tailor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	14	advmod	_	_
14	dispatched	dispatch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | present |  | the manner |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 3 | **dispatch** | past | the tailor | the two giants |  | the manner |  | first *property* | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Patient |

<!-- .note -->
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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He dropped stones upon them until they turned upon one another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:742-pg2591-part18:e1:o1:1
# text = He dropped stones upon them until they turned upon one another
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	_
11	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	fixed	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | He | stones |  |  |  | upon stones *= stone* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme upon they=Destination |
| 2 | **turn** | past | stones *= stone* |  |  |  |  | upon one | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon one=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He climbed a tree and dropped heavy stones upon them until they turned upon one another and fell

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:742-pg2591-part18:e1:o2:1
# text = He climbed a tree and dropped heavy stones upon them until they turned upon one another and fell
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	climbed	climb	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	_
16	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	fixed	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | past | He | a tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **drop** | past | He *not said here* | heavy stones |  |  |  | upon stones *= stone* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme upon they=Destination |
| 3 | **turn** | past | stones *= stone* |  |  |  |  | upon one | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon one=Trajectory |
| 4 | **fall** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He pelted them with stones till they fought each other

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:742-pg2591-part18:e1:o3:1
# text = He pelted them with stones till they fought each other
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pelted	pelt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	8	obj	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pelt** | past | He | them *= they* |  |  |  | with stones | vn pelt-17.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Destination with stone=Theme |
| 2 | **fight** | past | stones *= stone* | each |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He dropped stones from a high tree upon the giants until they turned upon one another in rage

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:742-pg2591-part18:e1:o4:1
# text = He dropped stones from a high tree upon the giants until they turned upon one another in rage
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	giants	giant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
11	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	obl	_	_
16	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	fixed	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	rage	rage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past | He | stones |  | a high tree |  | upon the giants | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent stone=Theme from tree=Destination upon giant=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **turn** | past | stones *= stone* |  |  | rage |  | upon one | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme upon one=Source in rage=Trajectory |

<!-- div src -->

**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the ta…, test 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/t12/)
- next →: [Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the ta…, exam 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/e2/)
- ↑ back to [Grimm, The Brave Little Tailor, the tailor fools giants, a unicorn and a boar, and frightens off his foes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/742-pg2591-part18/)