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title: Did the kids nick loads of stuff from the witch's house, like? — Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did the kids nick loads of stuff from the witch's house, like? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 744 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the witch is burnt and the children go home rich» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 9 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the witch is burnt…

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Did the kids nick loads of stuff from the witch's house, like?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kids · **What happens:** nick · **To what, where:** loads, house

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 744 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel: the witch is burnt and the children go home rich» 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/744-pg2591-part20/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:744-pg2591-part20:t9:1
# text = Did the kids nick loads of stuff from the witch's house, like?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	nick	nick	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	like	like	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **nick** | present | the kids | loads of stuff |  | the witch's house |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent load=Theme from house=Source |

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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}

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Loads of pearls and jewels stuffed in their pinafores, fam

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:744-pg2591-part20:t9:o1:1
# text = Loads of pearls and jewels stuffed in their pinafores, fam
1	Loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
6	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pinafores	pinafore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	fam	fam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | participle | Loads of pearls and jewels |  |  | Loads's pinafores and fam |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in pinafore=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Pearls and jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:744-pg2591-part20:t9:o2:1
# text = Pearls and jewels
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	jewels	jewel	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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Pearls, jewels, gold, and a big bag of bread and cakes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:744-pg2591-part20:t9:o3:1
# text = Pearls, jewels, gold, and a big bag of bread and cakes
1	Pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	cakes	cake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Silver and gems

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:744-pg2591-part20:t9:o4:1
# text = Silver and gems
1	Silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	gems	gem	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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