Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio…

Which of the following accurately describes the appearance of the maiden seen at the cottage window?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe, see · To what, where: appearance

This is exam question 3 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	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	accurately	accurately	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 appearance	det
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	16 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
11	maiden	maiden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 window	amod
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 window	csubj:pass
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 window	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 window	det
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 window	compound
16	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 appearance	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present	the appearance of the maiden cottage window	accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent appearance=Theme
3	see	participle			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

She had golden hair and a face red as a rose.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hair	amod
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 red	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 red	nsubj
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 had	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 rose	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 rose	det
11	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 red	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	golden hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 2

She had azure hair and a face white as wax, and she was sitting still.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	azure	azure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hair	compound
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 white	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 white	nsubj
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 had	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 wax	case
10	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 white	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sitting	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sitting	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sitting	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sitting	aux
15	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 had	conj
16	still	still	ADV	_	15 sitting	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	azure hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
2	sit	past · progressive	face				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She had azure hair, a face white as wax and eyes that were closed and still.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	azure	azure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hair	compound
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 white	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 white	nsubj
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 had	parataxis
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 closed	mark
10	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 closed	nsubj:pass
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 eyes	cc
12	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wax	conj
13	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 closed	nsubj:pass
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 closed	aux:pass
15	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 white	advcl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 still	cc
17	still	still	ADV	_	15 closed	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	azure hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
2	close	past · passive		wax and eyes					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She had azure hair and a face white as wax.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	azure	azure	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hair	compound
4	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 white	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 face	det
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 white	nsubj
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 had	conj
9	as	as	ADP	_	10 wax	case
10	wax	wax	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 white	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	azure hair					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

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