Test 3 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 7: Pinocchio…

Wait, did the Talking Cricket glow in the dark or what?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: Talking Cricket glow, dark

This is test 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. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 glow	det
5	Talking	Talking	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 glow	compound
6	Cricket	cricket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 glow	compound
7	glow	glow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 dark	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dark	det
10	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the Talking Cricket glow		the dark			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glow=Eventuality

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

Yeah, his light was dim and red, like embers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 dim	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dim	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 light	nmod:poss
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dim	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dim	cop
6	dim	dim	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 red	cc
8	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dim	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 embers	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 embers	case
11	embers	ember	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dim	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	his light	dim property	tree rules
2	be		his light not said here		tree rules
3	light		his = he		nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, his light was super pale and soft, like a nightlight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 pale	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pale	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 light	nmod:poss
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pale	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pale	cop
6	super	super	ADV	_	7 pale	advmod
7	pale	pale	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 soft	cc
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pale	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 nightlight	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 nightlight	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 nightlight	det
13	nightlight	nightlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pale	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	his light	pale, super property	tree rules
2	be		his light not said here		tree rules
3	light		his = he		nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Nah, his light was super bright and loud, like a torch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 bright	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 light	nmod:poss
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bright	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 bright	cop
6	super	super	ADV	_	7 bright	advmod
7	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 loud	cc
9	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bright	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 torch	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 torch	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 torch	det
13	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bright	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	his light	bright, super property	tree rules
2	be		his light not said here		tree rules
3	light		his = he		nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, he had no light at all, he just bumped into things in the wood

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bumped	advcl
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 light	det
6	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 light	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bumped	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bumped	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 bumped	advmod
12	bumped	bump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 things	case
14	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bumped	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 wood	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 wood	det
17	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bumped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	no light		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient
2	bump	past	he			things		in the wood	vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into thing=Location

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