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title: Which object did Hansel use to mark the route on the first journey i… — Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did Hansel use to mark the route on the first journey into the forest? Exam question 4 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

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Which object did Hansel use to mark the route on the first journey into the forest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** use, mark · **To what, where:** route, first journey

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This is exam question 4 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, 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1472-pg503-part59/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e4:1
# text = Which object did Hansel use to mark the route on the first journey into the forest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	mark	mark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	amod	_	_
13	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · do-support | which object |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mark** | to-infinitive | which object *not said here* | the route |  | the first journey |  | into the forest | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent route=Theme on journey=Destination |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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White pebbles taken from his pocket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e4:o1:1
# text = White pebbles taken from his pocket
1	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | participle |  | White pebbles *not said here* |  | his pocket |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from pocket=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The white pebbles he had collected carefully from the garden path outside the house that morning

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e4:o2:1
# text = The white pebbles he had collected carefully from the garden path outside the house that morning
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	collected	collect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	det	_	_
16	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | past · perfect · passive |  | the white pebbles |  | the garden path outside the house  that morning |  | carefully *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from path=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pieces of ribbon from his sleeve

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e4:o3:1
# text = Pieces of ribbon from his sleeve
1	Pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	ribbon	ribbon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	sleeve	sleeve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A long string of bread crumbs he had carried in a bag all the way from home

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:e4:o4:1
# text = A long string of bread crumbs he had carried in a bag all the way from home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	15	det:predet	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past · perfect · passive |  | a long string of bread crumbs |  | a bag |  | from home; all way *obl:unmarked* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from home=Initial\_Location |

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