Exam question 4 · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

Which object did Hansel use to mark the route on the first journey into the forest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: object · What happens: use, mark · To what, where: route, first journey

This is exam question 4 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 use	aux
4	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 mark	mark
7	mark	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 use	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 route	det
9	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mark	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 journey	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 journey	det
12	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 journey	amod
13	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mark	obl
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mark	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · do-support	which object						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mark	to-infinitive	which object not said here	the route		the first journey		into the forest	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent route=Theme on journey=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

White pebbles taken from his pocket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 pebbles	amod
2	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 pebbles	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 pocket	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pocket	nmod:poss
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		White pebbles not said here		his pocket			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from pocket=Initial_Location

Option 2

The white pebbles he had collected carefully from the garden path outside the house that morning

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pebbles	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pebbles	amod
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 collected	nsubj:pass
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 collected	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 collected	aux
6	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	6 collected	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 path	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 path	det
10	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 path	compound
11	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 collected	obl
12	outside	outside	ADP	_	14 house	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 house	det
14	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 path	nmod
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 morning	det
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 house	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past · perfect · passive		the white pebbles		the garden path outside the house that morning		carefully property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from path=Source

Option 3

Pieces of ribbon from his sleeve

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 ribbon	case
3	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pieces	nmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 sleeve	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 sleeve	nmod:poss
6	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ribbon	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A long string of bread crumbs he had carried in a bag all the way from home

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 string	det
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 string	amod
3	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 crumbs	case
5	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crumbs	compound
6	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 string	nmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 carried	aux
9	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 bag	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bag	det
12	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 way	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 way	det
15	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl:unmarked
16	from	from	ADP	_	17 home	case
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · perfect · passive		a long string of bread crumbs		a bag		from home; all way obl:unmarked	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from home=Initial_Location

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