Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

With reference to the passage, which of the following describes the immediate consequence of Pinocchio's third falsehood concerning the gold pieces?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, third falsehood · What happens: follow, be, concern · To what, where: gold pieces

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1396 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio drinks the medicine, tells three lies, and meets the Cat again» 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	With	with	ADP	_	2 reference	case
2	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reference	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 consequence	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 consequence	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	14 consequence	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 consequence	det
10	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 consequence	case
11	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 consequence	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 consequence	det
13	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 consequence	amod
14	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	conj
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 falsehood	case
16	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 falsehood	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Pinocchio	case
18	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 falsehood	amod
19	falsehood	falsehood	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 consequence	nmod
20	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 falsehood	acl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 pieces	det
22	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 pieces	compound
23	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 concerning	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reference	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the passage and the immediate consequence		of the immediate consequence; of Pinocchio's third falsehood	tree rules
3	concern	gerund	Pinocchio's third falsehood not said here	the gold pieces		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus piece=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

His nose became so elongated that he could not turn around, and the Assassins took his gold as soon as he fell

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nose	nmod:poss
2	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 elongated	advmod
5	elongated	elongate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 became	xcomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 turn	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turn	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 turn	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 turn	advmod
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 elongated	advcl
11	around	around	ADV	_	10 turn	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 took	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 took	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Assassins	det
15	Assassins	assassin	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 took	nsubj
16	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 gold	nmod:poss
18	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 took	obj
19	as	as	ADV	_	20 soon	advmod
20	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 took	advmod
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	23 fell	mark
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 fell	nsubj
23	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 soon	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	become	past	His nose			tree rules
2	elongate	participle	His nose not said here			tree rules
3	not turn around	could	nose		around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	take	past	the Assassins	nose's gold	soon property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme
5	fall	past	nose			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

His nose became so elongated that he could not turn around, so the Fairy had to carry him out of the house

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nose	nmod:poss
2	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 elongated	advmod
5	elongated	elongate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 became	xcomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 turn	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turn	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 turn	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 turn	advmod
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 elongated	advcl
11	around	around	ADV	_	10 turn	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 had	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 had	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Fairy	det
15	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 became	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 carry	mark
18	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 had	xcomp
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 carry	obj
20	out	out	ADP	_	23 house	case
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 house	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 house	det
23	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	become	past	His nose				tree rules
2	elongate	participle	His nose not said here				tree rules
3	not turn around	could	nose			around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	have	past	the Fairy				tree rules
5	carry	to-infinitive	the Fairy not said here	Fairy	the house		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent he=Theme out house=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His nose became so elongated that he could not turn around

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nose	nmod:poss
2	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 elongated	advmod
5	elongated	elongate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 became	xcomp
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 turn	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 turn	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 turn	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 turn	advmod
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 elongated	advcl
11	around	around	ADV	_	10 turn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	become	past	His nose		tree rules
2	elongate	participle	His nose not said here		tree rules
3	not turn around	could	nose	around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

His nose grew so much that he could not sit down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nose	nmod:poss
2	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grew	nsubj
3	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADV	_	3 grew	advmod
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 sit	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sit	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 sit	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 sit	advmod
10	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 grew	advcl
11	down	down	ADP	_	10 sit	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	His nose						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not sit down	could	nose						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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