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

In what manner did the Carabineer attempt to restrain the runaway Marionette?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, restrain · To what, where: Carabineer attempt, manner, runaway

This is exam question 2 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 attempt	det
6	Carabineer	carabineer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	compound
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 restrain	mark
9	restrain	restrain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 runaway	det
11	runaway	runaway	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 restrain	obj
12	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 runaway	appos
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Carabineer attempt		what manner			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attempt=Eventuality
2	restrain	to-infinitive		the runaway					vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer runaway=Eventuality

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

By seizing him firmly by the nose and holding him still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 seizing	mark
2	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seizing	obj
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	2 seizing	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 nose	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nose	det
7	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 holding	cc
9	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 seizing	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 holding	obj
11	still	still	ADV	_	9 holding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	gerund		him = he				by the nose; firmly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	hold	gerund		him = he			still		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By chasing him down the road and grabbing him by the wooden nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 chasing	mark
2	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chasing	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 chasing	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chasing	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 grabbing	cc
8	grabbing	grab	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 chasing	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grabbing	obj
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 nose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 nose	det
12	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 nose	amod
13	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grabbing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase down	gerund		him = he					tree rules
2	grab	gerund		him = he				by the wooden nose	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

By holding him gently by the ears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 holding	mark
2	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holding	obj
4	gently	gently	ADV	_	2 holding	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 ears	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ears	det
7	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 holding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		him = he				by the ears; gently property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme by ear=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By seizing him firmly by the nose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 seizing	mark
2	seizing	seize	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 seizing	obj
4	firmly	firmly	ADV	_	2 seizing	advmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 nose	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nose	det
7	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seizing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seize	gerund		him = he				by the nose; firmly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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