Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio…

Which of the following describes the immediate cause of the Director's sneezing in the kitchen scene?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Director · What happens: follow, be, sneeze · To what, where: kitchen scene

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1392 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio saves Harlequin from Fire Eater's fire» 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	8 cause	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	8 cause	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 cause	case
5	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cause	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cause	det
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cause	amod
8	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 sneezing	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Director	det
11	Director	Director	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sneezing	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Director	case
13	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 scene	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 scene	det
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 scene	compound
17	scene	scene	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sneezing	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the immediate cause; of the Director's sneezing in the kitchen scene	tree rules
3	sneeze		the Director	the kitchen scene		nom sneezing «state intransitive»: poss=agent in=place

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

His sudden sorrow at hearing the Marionette's desperate plea for mercy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sorrow	nmod:poss
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sorrow	amod
3	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	SCONJ	_	5 hearing	mark
5	hearing	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sorrow	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Marionette	det
7	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 plea	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Marionette	case
9	desperate	desperate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 plea	amod
10	plea	plea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hearing	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 mercy	case
12	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plea	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	gerund	His sudden sorrow not said here	the Marionette's desperate plea				for mercy	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer plea=Stimulus
2	sorrow		His = he						nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

His anger at the puppets for the noise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 anger	nmod:poss
2	anger	anger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 puppets	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 puppets	det
5	puppets	puppet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 anger	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 noise	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noise	det
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 puppets	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anger		His = he			the puppets for the noise			nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=place

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His sorrow at the Marionette's plea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sorrow	nmod:poss
2	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	7 plea	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Marionette	det
5	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 plea	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Marionette	case
7	plea	plea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sorrow	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sorrow		His = he			the Marionette's plea			nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=place

Option 4

His sudden sneeze caused by the smoke from the kitchen fire and spit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sneeze	nmod:poss
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sneeze	amod
3	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	nsubj
4	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 smoke	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 smoke	det
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 fire	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fire	compound
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 caused	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 spit	cc
13	spit	spit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fire	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	participle	His sudden sneeze			the kitchen fire and spit		by the smoke	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	sneeze		His = he						nom sneeze «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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