Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 6: a sly Fox and Cat…
State the reason the Cat gave for the sudden departure of himself and the Fox from the Inn.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: State reason, Cat · What happens: give, depart
This is exam question 4 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 | 3 reason | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 reason | det |
| 3 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Cat | det |
| 5 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 departure | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 departure | det |
| 9 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 departure | amod |
| 10 | departure | departure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 himself | case |
| 12 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 departure | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Fox | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Fox | det |
| 15 | Fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 himself | conj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 Inn | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Inn | det |
| 18 | Inn | Inn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 Fox | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the State reason | for the sudden departure of Cat | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for departure=Asset | ||||
| 2 | depart | Cat | nom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent |
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 telegram saying his first-born had a bad cold and fever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 telegram | det |
| 2 | telegram | telegram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 had | nsubj |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 telegram | acl |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 born | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 born | amod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 first | punct |
| 7 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 saying | ccomp |
| 8 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cold | det |
| 10 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 cold | amod |
| 11 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 had | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 fever | cc |
| 13 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cold | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | a telegram not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bear | participle · passive | telegram | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | have | past | a telegram | a bad cold and fever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Patient |
Option 2
A message from home about his sick son and a broken leg
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 message | det |
| 2 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 home | case |
| 4 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 message | nmod |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 son | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 son | amod |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 home | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 leg | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 leg | det |
| 11 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 leg | amod |
| 12 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 message | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
A telegram reporting that his first-born was suffering from chilblains and a high fever
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 telegram | det |
| 2 | telegram | telegram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 suffering | nsubj |
| 3 | reporting | report | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 telegram | acl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 born | mark |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 born | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 born | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 first | punct |
| 8 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 reporting | advcl |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 suffering | aux |
| 10 | suffering | suffer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 chilblains | case |
| 12 | chilblains | chilblain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 suffering | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 fever | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 fever | det |
| 15 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 fever | amod |
| 16 | fever | fever | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 chilblains | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | gerund | a telegram not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | bear | participle · passive | telegram | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | suffer | past · progressive | a telegram | chilblains and a high fever | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A telegram reporting that his first-born was suffering from chilblains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 telegram | det |
| 2 | telegram | telegram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 suffering | nsubj |
| 3 | reporting | report | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 telegram | acl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 born | mark |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 born | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 born | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 first | punct |
| 8 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 reporting | advcl |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 suffering | aux |
| 10 | suffering | suffer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 chilblains | case |
| 12 | chilblains | chilblain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 suffering | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | gerund | a telegram not said here | vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | bear | participle · passive | telegram | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | suffer | past · progressive | a telegram | chilblains | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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