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title: Which action did Hansel perform in order to secure the family's rout… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did Hansel perform in order to secure the family's route home? Exam question 1 of lesson 743 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the children are led into the forest and get lost» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the child…

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Which action did Hansel perform in order to secure the family's route home?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action · **What happens:** perform, secure · **To what, where:** order, route home

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 743 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the children are led into the forest and get lost» 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/743-pg2591-part19/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e1:1
# text = Which action did Hansel perform in order to secure the family's route home?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	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	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	secure	secure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	route	route	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | past · do-support | which action |  |  | order |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **secure** | to-infinitive | which action *not said here* | the family's route home |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition home=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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He tied a long piece of string to the door and unrolled it on the way

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e1:o1:1
# text = He tied a long piece of string to the door and unrolled it on the way
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tied	tie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	piece	piece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	unrolled	unroll	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tie** | past | He | a long piece of string |  |  |  | to the door | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent piece=Patient to door=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **unroll** | past | He *not said here* | piece |  | the way |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He left a trail of breadcrumbs behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e1:o2:1
# text = He left a trail of breadcrumbs behind
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past | He | a trail of breadcrumbs |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trail=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He carried a lantern along the trail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e1:o3:1
# text = He carried a lantern along the trail
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	lantern	lantern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | past | He | a lantern |  |  |  | along the trail | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lantern=Theme |

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

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He scattered shining pebbles along the path

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e1:o4:1
# text = He scattered shining pebbles along the path
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	scattered	scatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	pebbles	pebble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	path	path	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scatter** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **shine** | gerund | He *not said here* | pebbles |  |  |  | along the path | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent pebble=Theme |

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