Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the witch is burnt…

For what reason had the children's father known no happy hour?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: father · What happens: have, know

This is exam question 3 of lesson 744 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the witch is burnt and the children go home rich» 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	For	for	ADP	_	3 reason	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 reason	nsubj
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obl
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 children	det
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 father	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 children	case
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 known	nsubj
9	known	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	ccomp
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 hour	det
11	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 hour	amod
12	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 known	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past						for reason	tree rules
2	know	past	the children's father				hour		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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

He had lost his two dear children somewhere deep in the dark forest

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 children	nmod:poss
5	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 children	nummod
6	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 children	amod
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obj
8	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 deep	advmod
9	deep	deep	ADV	_	3 lost	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 forest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forest	det
12	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 forest	amod
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	He	his two dear children		the dark forest		deep property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He had lost his children in the forest

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	3 lost	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 children	nmod:poss
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 forest	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · perfect	He	his children		the forest			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality

Option 3

He had grieved every day since he had lost his children in the woods

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	3 grieved	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grieved	aux
3	grieved	grieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 day	det
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grieved	obl:unmarked
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 lost	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lost	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 grieved	advcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 children	nmod:poss
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 woods	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 woods	det
14	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grieve	past · perfect	He				day		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	lose	past · perfect	he	his children		the woods			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Eventuality

Option 4

He had abandoned them in the deep forest

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	3 abandoned	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 abandoned	aux
3	abandoned	abandon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 abandoned	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 forest	det
7	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 forest	amod
8	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 abandoned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	abandon	past · perfect	He	them = they		the deep forest			vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme they=Source

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