--- title: Which phrase best describes the sustenance the children possessed at… — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel… · tree and pragmatics description: Which phrase best describes the sustenance the children possessed at the conclusion of the passage? Exam question 3 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 tre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/743-pg2591-part19/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/743-pg2591-part19/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, part 19: the child… Which phrase best describes the sustenance the children possessed at the conclusion of the passage? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe, possess, conclude · **To what, where:** sustenance, children, conclusion, passage This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e3:1 # text = Which phrase best describes the sustenance the children possessed at the conclusion of the passage? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 phrase phrase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 4 advmod _ _ 4 describes describe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sustenance sustenance NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ 9 possessed possess VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the sustenance | | | | well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **possess** | participle | | the children *not said here* | | the conclusion of the passage | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **conclude** | | | the passage | | | | | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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} Two or three wild berries ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e3:o1:1 # text = Two or three wild berries 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 2 or or CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Berries ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e3:o2:1 # text = Berries 1 Berries berry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Some scraps of stale bread ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e3:o3:1 # text = Some scraps of stale bread 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 scraps scrap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 stale stale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A handful of wild plums ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:743-pg2591-part19:e3:o4:1 # text = A handful of wild plums 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 plums plum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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