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

Innit true the stepmum made them go to the wood?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: true stepmum, them · What happens: make, go · To what, where: them, wood

This is test 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. 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	Innit	Innit	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 true	compound
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stepmum	amod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stepmum	det
4	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the true stepmum	them = they					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	them = they not said here			the wood			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to wood=Initial_Location

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, she insisted they go and then left them there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 insisted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 insisted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 insisted	nsubj
4	insisted	insist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 insisted	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 left	advmod
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 insisted	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 left	obj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	insist speech: other	past	she				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	present	they				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	past	she not said here	them = they	there	then	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, she made the dad take them out and then the kids got lost and were left there overnight in the cold

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dad	det
6	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 made	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 take	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 take	compound:prt
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lost	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 lost	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kids	det
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 lost	nsubj:pass
14	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 lost	aux:pass
15	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 made	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 left	cc
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 left	aux:pass
18	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 lost	conj
19	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 left	advmod
20	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	18 left	advmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 cold	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 cold	det
23	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	she	the dad				tree rules
2	take out	infinitive	the dad not said here	them = they				vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	lose	past · passive		the kids		then		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	leave	past · passive			there		in the cold result; overnight property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: in cold=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she made the kids go into the forest and left them there all night while she locked the door

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kids	det
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 made	parataxis
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 forest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 forest	det
10	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 left	cc
12	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	obj
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 left	advmod
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 night	det
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl:unmarked
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	19 locked	mark
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 locked	nsubj
19	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 left	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 door	det
21	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 locked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	make	past	she				vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go	present	the kids		the forest		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into forest=Initial_Location
3	leave	past	she not said here	kids = kid	there	night	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	lock	past	she	the door			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she said they had to go and they were left there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 had	nsubj
6	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 said	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 had	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 left	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 left	aux:pass
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	conj
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	have	past	they			tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	they not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	leave	past · passive		they	there	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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