Exam question 4 · Reading a story: characters, plot and setting

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the failure of the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, breadcrumb trail, Hansel · What happens: select, establish, concern, fail, tell · To what, where: response, failure · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Reading a story: characters, plot and setting» of the English 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 failure	det
11	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 trail	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 trail	det
14	breadcrumb	breadcrumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trail	compound
15	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 failure	nmod
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 tale	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 tale	det
18	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 trail	nmod
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 Hansel	case
20	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 tale	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 Gretel	cc
22	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Hansel	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the failure of the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus failure=Experiencer
4	fail		the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel			nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent
5	tell		Hansel and Gretel			nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=agent

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

The breadcrumbs were consumed by birds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 breadcrumbs	det
2	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumed	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 consumed	aux:pass
4	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 birds	case
6	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consumed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	past · passive	birds	the breadcrumbs					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset

Option 2

The breadcrumbs dissolved in heavy rain that fell throughout the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 breadcrumbs	det
2	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dissolved	nsubj
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 rain	case
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rain	amod
6	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dissolved	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fell	nsubj
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rain	acl:relcl
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	11 night	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dissolve	participle	the breadcrumbs			heavy rain			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	fall	past	heavy rain				night		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The breadcrumbs were collected by Gretel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 breadcrumbs	det
2	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 collected	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 collected	aux:pass
4	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Gretel	case
6	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 collected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	past · passive	Gretel	the breadcrumbs					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

The trail was too short

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 trail	det
2	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 short	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 short	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 short	advmod
5	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the trail					short property	tree rules

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