Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 6: a sly Fox and Cat…

State the location at which the Fox and Cat arranged to reunite with Pinocchio, as recorded in the text.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fox · What happens: arrange, reunite, record · To what, where: location, text

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1393 «Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 6: a sly Fox and Cat talk Pinocchio into a plan for gold, then vanish at the inn» 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	appos
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 arranged	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Fox	det
7	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arranged	nsubj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Cat	cc
9	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Fox	conj
10	arranged	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 location	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 reunite	mark
12	reunite	reunite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 arranged	xcomp
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 Pinocchio	case
14	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 reunite	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 recorded	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 recorded	mark
17	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 reunite	conj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 text	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 text	det
20	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 recorded	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	arrange	past	the Fox and Cat	the location		tree rules
2	reunite	to-infinitive	the Fox and Cat not said here		with Pinocchio	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with pinocchio=Co-Agent
3	record	participle	the Fox and Cat not said here	the text		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in text=Destination

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

The Field of Wonders

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Field	det
2	Field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Wonders	case
4	Wonders	wonder	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Field	nmod

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

Option 2

At the old mill outside the town, at midday on the next day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 mill	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 mill	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mill	amod
4	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mill	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 midday	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 midday	case
10	midday	midday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mill	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 day	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 day	det
13	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 day	amod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 midday	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Field of Wonders, at sunrise on the following morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Field	det
2	Field	Field	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Wonders	case
4	Wonders	Wonder	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 Field	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sunrise	punct
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 sunrise	case
7	sunrise	sunrise	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Field	appos
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 morning	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 morning	det
10	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 morning	amod
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sunrise	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Near the City of Simple Simons gate, at sunset the next evening

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Near	near	ADP	_	3 City	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 City	det
3	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 gate	case
5	Simple	Simple	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Simons	compound
6	Simons	Simon	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 gate	compound
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 City	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sunset	punct
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 sunset	case
10	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gate	appos
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 evening	det
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 evening	amod
13	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sunset	obl:unmarked

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

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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