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title: yo, why did Hansel keep dropping crumbs, lowkey? — Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: los… · tree and pragmatics
description: yo, why did Hansel keep dropping crumbs, lowkey? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Test 1 · ★ · Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trappe…

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yo, why did Hansel keep dropping crumbs, lowkey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Hansel · **What happens:** keep, drop · **To what, where:** crumbs

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 101 «Grimm, Hansel and Grethel, part 4: lost again, then trapped by a witch in a sugar cottage» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/101-pg11027-part4/#t1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t1:1
# text = yo, why did Hansel keep dropping crumbs, lowkey?
1	yo	yo	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
8	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | Hansel |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **drop** | gerund | Hansel *not said here* | crumbs and lowkey |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumb=Theme |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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to mark the trail back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t1:o1:1
# text = to mark the trail back
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	mark	mark	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark back** | to-infinitive |  | the trail |  |  |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent trail=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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so they could follow the trail back home safely at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t1:o2:1
# text = so they could follow the trail back home safely at night
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | could | they | the trail |  |  | night | home, safely *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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so they could leave a trail for their father to follow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t1:o3:1
# text = so they could leave a trail for their father to follow
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | could | they | a trail |  |  |  | for their father | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent trail=Theme for father=Recipient |
| 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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to find the way back home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:101-pg11027-part4:t1:o4:1
# text = to find the way back home
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find back** | to-infinitive |  | the way |  |  |  | home *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

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