Exam question 3 · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

Which measure did the stepmother propose to the husband when the bread was almost exhausted?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: stepmother · What happens: measure, propose, exhaust · To what, where: husband, bread

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1472 «Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the wood after the pebbles and the crumbs» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 measure	nsubj
2	measure	measure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 propose	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stepmother	det
5	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 propose	nsubj
6	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 measure	ccomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 husband	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 husband	det
9	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 propose	obl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 exhausted	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bread	det
12	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 exhausted	nsubj:pass
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 exhausted	aux:pass
14	almost	almost	ADV	_	15 exhausted	advmod
15	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 propose	advcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 measure	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	measure	present					tree rules
2	propose	past · do-support	the stepmother		the husband		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient
3	exhaust	past · passive		the bread		almost property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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

To take the children to the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 take	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 market	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 market	det
7	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive		the children		the market			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme to market=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To lead the children deeper into the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lead	mark
2	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lead	obj
5	deeper	deep	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 lead	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lead	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	to-infinitive		the children		the wood		deep property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme into wood=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To lead the children far into the forest and tie them to a tree so they cannot return home

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 lead	mark
2	lead	lead	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lead	obj
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 lead	advmod
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 forest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lead	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tie	cc
10	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lead	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tie	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 tree	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tree	det
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tie	obl
15	so	so	SCONJ	_	19 return	mark
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 return	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 return	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 return	advmod
19	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 tie	advcl
20	home	home	ADV	_	19 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lead	to-infinitive		the children	the forest	far property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent child=Theme into forest=Destination
2	tie	infinitive		children = child		to a tree	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient to tree=Co-Patient
3	not return	can	children = child			home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

To send the children away at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 send	mark
2	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obj
5	away	away	ADV	_	2 send	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	to-infinitive		the children				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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