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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Reading a story: characters, plot and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the failure of the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel. Exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Reading a story: characters, plot and setting» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Reading a story: characters, plot and setting

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the failure of the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, breadcrumb trail, Hansel · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, fail, tell · **To what, where:** response, failure · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 22 «Reading a story: characters, plot and setting» of the English 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/english/22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the failure of the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	failure	failure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	breadcrumb	breadcrumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Hansel	Hansel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the failure of the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus failure=Experiencer |
| 4 | **fail** |  | the breadcrumb trail in the tale of Hansel and Gretel |  |  |  |  |  | nom failure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 5 | **tell** |  | Hansel and Gretel |  |  |  |  |  | nom tale «communication intransitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The breadcrumbs were consumed by birds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:e4:o1:1
# text = The breadcrumbs were consumed by birds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | past · passive | birds | the breadcrumbs |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The breadcrumbs dissolved in heavy rain that fell throughout the night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:e4:o2:1
# text = The breadcrumbs dissolved in heavy rain that fell throughout the night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	heavy	heavy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dissolve** | participle | the breadcrumbs |  |  | heavy rain |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **fall** | past | heavy rain |  |  |  | night |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The breadcrumbs were collected by Gretel

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:e4:o3:1
# text = The breadcrumbs were collected by Gretel
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	breadcrumbs	breadcrumb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	collected	collect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Gretel	Gretel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | past · passive | Gretel | the breadcrumbs |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The trail was too short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:22-reading-a-story-characters-plot-and-setting:e4:o4:1
# text = The trail was too short
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	short	short	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 trail |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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