Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio…

Which of the following accurately identifies the object that Pinocchio bit from the smaller Assassin?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, identify · To what, where: object

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1394 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio runs from two Assassins and begs a silent maiden at a white cottage» 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	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 identifies	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 identifies	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 identifies	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 identifies	advmod
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 object	det
8	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 identifies	obj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 object	dep
10	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 bit	compound
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 that	obl:unmarked
12	from	from	ADP	_	15 Assassin	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Assassin	det
14	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 Assassin	amod
15	Assassin	assassin	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 identifies	punct

#	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
2	identify	present		the object				accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A paw belonging to a cat.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 paw	det
2	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 paw	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 cat	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cat	det
6	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belonging	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund	a paw not said here					to a cat	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A cat's tail.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tail	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cat	case
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 tail	punct

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

Option 3

A paw.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 paw	det
2	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paw	punct

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

Option 4

A paw belonging to a dog.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 paw	det
2	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	belonging	belong	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 paw	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 dog	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dog	det
6	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belonging	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 paw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	gerund	a paw not said here					to a dog	vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

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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