Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the child…

Which action did Hansel perform in order to secure the family's route home?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: perform, secure · To what, where: order, route home

This is exam question 1 of lesson 743 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the children are led into the forest and get lost» 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 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 perform	aux
4	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 perform	nsubj
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 order	case
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 perform	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 secure	mark
9	secure	secure	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 perform	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 family	det
11	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 home	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 family	case
13	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 home	compound
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 secure	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 perform	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	past · do-support	which action			order			vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	secure	to-infinitive	which action not said here	the family's route home					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition home=Theme

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

He tied a long piece of string to the door and unrolled it on the way

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 piece	det
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 piece	amod
5	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 string	case
7	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 piece	nmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 unrolled	cc
12	unrolled	unroll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tied	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 unrolled	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 way	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 unrolled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	He	a long piece of string				to the door	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent piece=Patient to door=Co-Patient
2	unroll	past	He not said here	piece		the way			vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

He left a trail of breadcrumbs behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trail	det
4	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 breadcrumbs	case
6	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trail	nmod
7	behind	behind	ADV	_	2 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	He	a trail of breadcrumbs				behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme

Option 3

He carried a lantern along the trail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 carried	nsubj
2	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lantern	det
4	lantern	lantern	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obj
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 trail	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trail	det
7	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	He	a lantern				along the trail	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lantern=Theme

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

He scattered shining pebbles along the path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scattered	nsubj
2	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 scattered	xcomp
4	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shining	obj
5	along	along	ADP	_	7 path	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 path	det
7	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	He						tree rules
2	shine	gerund	He not said here	pebbles				along the path	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pebble=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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