Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, part 2: the…

Which of the following best describes the object that Pinocchio throws at the Talking Cricket?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: follow, describe, throw · To what, where: object, Talking Cricket

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1389 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, part 2: the puppet runs off and the Cricket is killed» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 throws	nsubj
10	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 throws	nsubj
11	throws	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 object	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	15 Cricket	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Cricket	det
14	Talking	Talking	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Cricket	compound
15	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 throws	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the object		of the best	tree rules
3	throw	present	the object		the Talking Cricket		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at cricket=Destination

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A small iron tool taken from the shelf near the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tool	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tool	amod
3	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tool	compound
4	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 tool	acl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 shelf	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shelf	det
8	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl
9	near	near	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a small iron tool not said here		the shelf		near the door	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from shelf=Initial_Location

Option 2

A heavy hammer taken from the carpenter's workbench

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hammer	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hammer	amod
3	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hammer	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 workbench	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carpenter	det
7	carpenter	carpenter	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 workbench	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 carpenter	case
9	workbench	workbench	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a heavy hammer not said here		the carpenter's workbench			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from workbench=Initial_Location

Option 3

A wooden spoon from the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spoon	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spoon	amod
3	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 kitchen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kitchen	det
6	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoon	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A hammer taken from the workbench

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 hammer	det
2	hammer	hammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 hammer	acl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 workbench	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 workbench	det
6	workbench	workbench	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	participle		a hammer not said here		the workbench			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from workbench=Initial_Location

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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