Test 1 · ★ · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

Wait, so Hansel's pebbles were like a trail, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pebbles · What happens: wait, be

This is test 1 · ★ 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. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 trail	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	10 trail	advmod
4	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pebbles	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Hansel	case
6	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 trail	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 trail	cop
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 trail	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 trail	det
10	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	Hansel's pebbles					like a trail	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

Yeah, but the birds ate every single one of them before they got home

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 ate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ate	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 ate	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 birds	det
5	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ate	nsubj
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 one	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ate	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 one	nmod
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 got	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 got	nsubj
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ate	advcl
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the birds	every single one of them					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
2	get	past	birds = bird					home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

No, he threw them at the birds because the stepmother told him to do it

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 threw	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 threw	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 threw	nsubj
4	threw	throw	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 threw	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 birds	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 birds	det
8	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 threw	obl
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 told	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stepmother	det
11	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 told	nsubj
12	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 threw	advcl
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 told	iobj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 do	mark
15	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 told	xcomp
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	throw	past	he	them = they		at the birds	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme at bird=Destination
2	tell speech: assert	past	the stepmother		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	the stepmother not said here	stepmother			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3

Yeah, he left them so they could follow home

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	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 follow	advcl
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 follow	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 follow	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 follow	aux
9	follow	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	home	home	ADV	_	9 follow	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he	them = they					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	follow	could	they					home property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he dropped them so they could find the way back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	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 dropped	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 find	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 find	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 find	aux
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	9 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	them = they					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	find back	could	they	the way					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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