Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 4: Pinocchio…

By what means did Geppetto affix the newly fashioned feet to the Marionette?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Geppetto · What happens: mean, affix · To what, where: fashioned feet

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1391 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 4: Pinocchio eats peels and cores, gets new feet, and chases the pipes» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 affix	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 affix	aux
5	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 affix	nsubj
6	affix	affix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 feet	det
8	newly	newly	ADV	_	9 fashioned	advmod
9	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 feet	amod
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 affix	obl:unmarked
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 Marionette	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Marionette	det
13	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 affix	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 affix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	affix	past · do-support	Geppetto	the fashioned feet				to the Marionette	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to marionette=Co-Patient

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

With strong glue warmed slowly in a metal cup over the stove

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	3 glue	case
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 glue	amod
3	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warmed	obl
4	warmed	warm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	4 warmed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 cup	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 cup	det
8	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cup	compound
9	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warmed	obl
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 stove	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stove	det
12	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warm	past				a metal cup		with strong glue; over the stove; slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with glue=Instrument

Option 2

With paste spread across the wood

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 paste	case
2	paste	paste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	spread	spread	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 paste	acl
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 wood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wood	det
6	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spread	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	participle		paste not said here		the wood			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across wood=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

With glue melted in an eggshell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 glue	case
2	glue	glue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	melted	melt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 glue	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 eggshell	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 eggshell	det
6	eggshell	eggshell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 melted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	participle		glue not said here		a eggshell			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

With string

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	With	with	ADP	_	2 string	case
2	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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