Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio…

Which of the following best identifies the reason Pinocchio offered himself in place of Harlequin?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pinocchio · What happens: follow, identify, offer · To what, where: reason, Pinocchio, place

This is exam question 2 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	6 identifies	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 identifies	nmod
6	identifies	identify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 offered	nsubj
10	offered	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 reason	acl:relcl
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 offered	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 place	case
13	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 offered	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 Harlequin	case
15	Harlequin	Harlequin	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 place	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	identify	present		the reason		of the best	tree rules
3	offer	past	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	place of Harlequin		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent himself=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

His loyalty to his closest friend

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 loyalty	nmod:poss
2	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 friend	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friend	nmod:poss
5	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 friend	amod
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loyalty	nmod

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Because he wanted to be a real boy and thought this would help him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	8 boy	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 boy	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boy	det
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boy	amod
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	advcl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	conj
11	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 help	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 help	aux
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 thought	ccomp
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	to-infinitive	he not said here	a real boy		tree rules
3	think speech: other	past	he not said here			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	help	would	this		boy	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 3

Because he wanted to be famous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 famous	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 famous	cop
6	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here					famous property	tree rules

Option 4

His deep loyalty to his closest friend who was tied up and crying

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 loyalty	nmod:poss
2	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 loyalty	amod
3	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 friend	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
6	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 friend	amod
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 loyalty	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 tied	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 tied	aux:pass
10	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 friend	acl:relcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 tied	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crying	cc
13	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 loyalty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie up	past · passive		his closest friend					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	cry speech: express	gerund							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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