Test 2 · ★ · Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trappe…

bruh, so the stepmother just ditched them in the woods?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: ditch · To what, where: them, woods

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	7 ditched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bruh	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 ditched	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stepmother	det
5	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ditched	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 ditched	advmod
7	ditched	ditch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ditched	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 woods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woods	det
11	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ditched	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ditched	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ditch	past	the stepmother	them = they		the woods			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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, she left them to starve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 starve	mark
7	starve	starve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 left	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	she	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	starve	to-infinitive	she not said here						tree rules

Option 2

yeah, she wanted them gone so she could have more food for herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	advcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 have	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 have	aux
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gone	advcl
11	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 food	amod
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 have	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 herself	case
14	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 food	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	them = they		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme
2	go	participle				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	could	she	more food	for herself = she	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 3

yeah, she wanted them gone so she could keep the good bread

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wanted	xcomp
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 keep	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 keep	aux
10	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gone	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bread	det
12	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bread	amod
13	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	she	them = they	tree rules
2	go not said to happen	participle	them = they not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	could	she	the good bread	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she wanted them gone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	obj
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	them = they					tree rules
2	go not said to happen	participle	them = they not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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