Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, part 2: the…

Which phrase accurately characterises Geppetto's emotional state upon his arrest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: characteris, arrest · To what, where: emotional state

This is exam question 3 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	nsubj
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	4 characterises	advmod
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 state	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Geppetto	case
7	emotional	emotional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 state	amod
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	obj
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 arrest	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 arrest	nmod:poss
11	arrest	arrest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characterises	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	characteris	present	which phrase	Geppetto's emotional state				upon phrase's arrest; accurately property	tree rules
2	arrest		phrase						nom arrest «act transitive»: poss=agent

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

He laughed and clapped happily

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 clapped	cc
4	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	happily	happily	ADV	_	4 clapped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	clap	past	He not said here					happily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He wept and wailed in deep sorrow for many hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wailed	cc
4	wailed	wail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sorrow	case
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sorrow	amod
7	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wailed	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 hours	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hours	amod
10	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wail	past	He not said here			deep sorrow	hour		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sorrow=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He wept and wailed in sorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wailed	cc
4	wailed	wail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sorrow	case
6	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wailed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	He						vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wail	past	He not said here			sorrow			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sorrow=Location

Option 4

He was furious and cursed loudly at the crowd

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 furious	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 furious	cop
3	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cursed	cc
5	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 furious	conj
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 cursed	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 crowd	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 crowd	det
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cursed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					furious property	tree rules
2	curse	participle	He not said here			the crowd		loudly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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