Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 6: a sly Fox and Cat…

Describe the physical ailment the Fox claimed to have, as represented in the text.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Fox · What happens: describe, claim, have, represent · To what, where: physical ailment

This is exam question 3 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	Describe	describe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ailment	det
3	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ailment	amod
4	ailment	ailment	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Describe	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fox	det
6	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 claimed	nsubj
7	claimed	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ailment	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 have	mark
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 claimed	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 represented	punct
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 represented	mark
12	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 have	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 text	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 text	det
15	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 represented	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Describe	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	imperative	you not said here	the physical ailment		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent ailment=Theme
2	claim speech: other	past	the Fox	the physical ailment not said here		tree rules
3	have	to-infinitive	the Fox not said here			tree rules
4	represent	participle	the Fox not said here		in the text	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in text=Attribute

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

A lame leg, which he limped on for the whole walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 leg	det
2	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 leg	amod
3	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 limped	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 limped	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 limped	nsubj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 limped	nsubj
7	limped	limp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 limped	compound:prt
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 walk	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 walk	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 walk	amod
12	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 limped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	limp on	past	a lame leg					for the whole walk	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A bad back that made him walk slowly around the inn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 back	det
2	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 back	amod
3	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	nsubj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 back	acl:relcl
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod
9	around	around	ADP	_	11 inn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 inn	det
11	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	a bad back	back					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
2	walk	infinitive	a bad back			the inn		slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around inn=Trajectory

Option 3

A lame paw, which he was observed to use without any difficulty whatsoever at the inn

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 paw	det
2	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 paw	amod
3	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 observed	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 observed	nsubj:pass
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 observed	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 observed	aux:pass
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 paw	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 use	mark
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 observed	xcomp
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 difficulty	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 difficulty	det
13	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obl
14	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	10 use	advmod
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 inn	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 inn	det
17	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past · passive		a lame paw					tree rules
2	use	to-infinitive				the inn		without any difficulty; whatsoever property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A lame paw, which he was observed to use without difficulty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 paw	det
2	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 paw	amod
3	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 observed	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 observed	nsubj:pass
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 observed	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 observed	aux:pass
8	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 paw	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 use	mark
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 observed	xcomp
11	without	without	ADP	_	12 difficulty	case
12	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	observe	past · passive		a lame paw					tree rules
2	use	to-infinitive						without difficulty	vn eat-39.1 «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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