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title: Upon entering the old woman's house, what did the children find in e… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon entering the old woman's house, what did the children find in every corner of the room? Exam question 1 of lesson 1473 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the bread house and the oven» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the bread house an…

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Upon entering the old woman's house, what did the children find in every corner of the room?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** children · **What happens:** enter, do, find · **To what, where:** house, corner

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1473 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the bread house and the oven» 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/1473-pg503-part60/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:e1:1
# text = Upon entering the old woman's house, what did the children find in every corner of the room?
1	Upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	nsubj	_	_
10	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | gerund |  | the old woman's house |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination |
| 2 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **find** | present | the children |  |  | every corner of the room |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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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Heaps of cheese

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:e1:o1:1
# text = Heaps of cheese
1	Heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	cheese	cheese	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Boxes of pearls and precious stones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:e1:o2:1
# text = Boxes of pearls and precious stones
1	Boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Piles of old shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:e1:o3:1
# text = Piles of old shoes
1	Piles	pile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Chests of gold coins and rings from far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1473-pg503-part60:e1:o4:1
# text = Chests of gold coins and rings from far away
1	Chests	chest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	rings	ring	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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

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