Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio…

Which of the following most accurately states the outcome of the pursuit at the muddy pool?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, state · To what, where: outcome, muddy pool · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 4 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	7 states	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 states	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 states	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 states	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 states	advmod
7	states	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 outcome	det
9	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 pursuit	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pursuit	det
12	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 outcome	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 pool	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pool	det
15	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pool	amod
16	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 states	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 states	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	state speech: other	present		the outcome of the pursuit		the muddy pool		accurately property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic

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

The two Assassins drowned in the mud.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Assassins	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 Assassins	nummod
3	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 drowned	nsubj
4	drowned	drown	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mud	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 drowned	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 drowned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drown	past	the two Assassins			the mud			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The two Assassins fell into the water and were covered in mud and weeds.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Assassins	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 Assassins	nummod
3	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 covered	cc
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 covered	aux:pass
10	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 fell	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 mud	case
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 covered	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 weeds	cc
14	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mud	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the two Assassins					into the water result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result
2	cover	past · passive	the two Assassins not said here					in mud and weeds	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: in mud=Theme

Option 3

The two Assassins fell into the muddy water and could not climb out.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Assassins	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 Assassins	nummod
3	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	8 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
7	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 water	amod
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 climb	cc
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 climb	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 climb	advmod
12	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fell	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 climb	compound:prt
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the two Assassins					into the muddy water result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result
2	not climb out	could	the two Assassins not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The two Assassins fell into the water.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Assassins	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 Assassins	nummod
3	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 water	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 water	det
7	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	past	the two Assassins					into the water result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into water=Result

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