Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio…

Which of the following correctly describes the sequence of events in the kitchen before the pardon was granted?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kitchen · What happens: follow, describe, grant · To what, where: sequence, pardon

This is exam question 4 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	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	6 describes	advmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sequence	det
8	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 events	case
10	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sequence	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 kitchen	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 kitchen	det
13	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 events	nmod
14	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 granted	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pardon	det
16	pardon	pardon	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 granted	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 granted	aux:pass
18	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 kitchen	acl:relcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the sequence of events in the kitchen	correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent sequence=Theme
3	grant	past · passive	the kitchen not said here	the pardon		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=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

Fire Eater sneezed, then Pinocchio pleaded for his friend's life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Eater	compound
2	Eater	Eater	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sneezed	nsubj
3	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pleaded	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 pleaded	advmod
6	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 pleaded	nsubj
7	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sneezed	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 life	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 friend	nmod:poss
10	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 life	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 friend	case
12	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pleaded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneeze	past	Fire Eater						vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	plead speech: request	past	Pinocchio				then	for Pinocchio's friend's life	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Harlequin was bound, Pinocchio pleaded, then Fire Eater sneezed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harlequin	Harlequin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bound	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bound	cop
3	bound	bound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 pleaded	punct
5	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 pleaded	nsubj
6	pleaded	plead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bound	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sneezed	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sneezed	advmod
9	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sneezed	nsubj
10	Eater	Eater	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Fire	flat
11	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bound	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Harlequin		bound property	tree rules
2	plead speech: request	past	Pinocchio			tree rules
3	sneeze	past	Fire	then		vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Harlequin fainted, then Fire Eater ate the lamb whole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Harlequin	Harlequin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fainted	nsubj
2	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ate	punct
4	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 ate	advmod
5	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ate	nsubj
6	Eater	Eater	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Fire	flat
7	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fainted	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lamb	det
9	lamb	lamb	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ate	obj
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ate	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	past	Harlequin						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	eat	past	Fire	the lamb			then	whole property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamb=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Pinocchio ran into the kitchen, then Harlequin was bound by the cook, then Fire Eater sneezed loudly at the boy

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kitchen	det
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bound	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 bound	advmod
8	Harlequin	Harlequin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 bound	nsubj:pass
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 bound	aux:pass
10	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ran	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 cook	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cook	det
13	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bound	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sneezed	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 sneezed	advmod
16	Fire	Fire	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sneezed	nsubj
17	Eater	Eater	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Fire	flat
18	sneezed	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
19	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	18 sneezed	advmod
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 boy	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 boy	det
22	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sneezed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	Pinocchio			into the kitchen result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into kitchen=Result
2	bind	past · passive	the cook	Harlequin	then		vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
3	sneeze	past	Fire		then	at the boy; loudly property	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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