Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 8: the Assass…

In the passage, what was the immediate consequence of the Assassins striking the Marionette with their knives?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, immediate consequence · What happens: be, strike · To what, where: immediate consequence, Marionette

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1395 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 8: the Assassins hang him, and the Fairy saves him» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 passage	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 passage	det
3	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 consequence	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 consequence	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 consequence	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 consequence	det
8	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 consequence	amod
9	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 passage	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Assassins	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Assassins	det
12	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 consequence	nmod
13	striking	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 consequence	acl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Marionette	det
15	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 striking	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 knives	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 knives	nmod:poss
18	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 striking	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the passage and the immediate consequence	the immediate consequence				of the Assassins	tree rules
2	strike	gerund	the immediate consequence not said here	the Marionette				with Assassins's knives	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent marionette=Patient with knife=Instrument

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 knives were flung into the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 knives	det
2	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flung	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flung	aux:pass
4	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling	past · passive		the knives		the river			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme into river=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The blades shattered into fragments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blades	det
2	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	shattered	shatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 blades	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 fragments	case
5	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shatter	participle		the blades not said here				into fragments result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fragment=Result

Option 3

The blades shattered into tiny fragments that scattered across the grass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blades	det
2	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	shattered	shatter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 blades	acl
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 fragments	case
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fragments	amod
6	fragments	fragment	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shattered	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 scattered	nsubj
8	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fragments	acl:relcl
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 grass	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 grass	det
11	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 scattered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shatter	participle		the blades not said here				into tiny fragments result	vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into fragment=Result
2	scatter	past	tiny fragments			the grass			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across grass=Destination

Option 4

The blades bounced harmlessly off his wooden body and fell into the grass without any damage

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 blades	det
2	blades	blade	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bounced	nsubj
3	bounced	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	harmlessly	harmlessly	ADV	_	3 bounced	advmod
5	off	off	ADP	_	8 body	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 body	amod
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bounced	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fell	cc
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bounced	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 grass	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 grass	det
13	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	obl
14	without	without	ADP	_	16 damage	case
15	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	16 damage	det
16	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bounce	past	the blades			his wooden body		harmlessly property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme off body=Trajectory
2	fall	past	the blades not said here					into the grass result; without any damage	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into grass=Result

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