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title: Honest, did the mum have a point about no food? — Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Honest, did the mum have a point about no food? Test 12 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 12 · ★ · Tales (pg503), Hansel and Grettel, part 1: lost in the woo…

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Honest, did the mum have a point about no food?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Honest mum · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** point

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t12:1
# text = Honest, did the mum have a point about no food?
1	Honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the Honest mum | a point |  |  |  | about no food | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the mum had a point because the whole house had run out of food and money

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t12:o1:1
# text = Yeah, the mum had a point because the whole house had run out of food and money
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	run	run	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	xcomp	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the mum | a point |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | past · perfect · passive |  | the whole house |  | food and money |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme out food=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, the bread was nearly all gone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t12:o2:1
# text = Yeah, the bread was nearly all gone
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	all	all	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	gone	gone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bread |  |  |  |  | all, gone *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they had only half a loaf of bread left for the whole family to share between them

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t12:o3:1
# text = Yeah, they had only half a loaf of bread left for the whole family to share between them
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
18	between	between	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | half loaf of bread |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | bread *not said here* |  |  |  | for the whole family | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for family=Recipient |
| 3 | **share** | to-infinitive | they *not said here* |  |  |  |  | between them *= they* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, they had only half a loaf left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1472-pg503-part59:t12:o4:1
# text = Yeah, they had only half a loaf left
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	8	det:predet	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | they | half loaf |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loaf=Patient |
| 2 | **leave** | participle |  | half loaf *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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