Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

With reference to the passage, what did the Rabbits intend to do when they entered the chamber carrying the small black coffin?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, Rabbits, chamber · What happens: do, intend, enter, carry · To what, where: Rabbits, chamber, small black coffin

This is exam question 2 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	11 intend	obl
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	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 passage	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Rabbits	det
10	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 did	obj
11	intend	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	to	to	PART	_	13 do	mark
13	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 intend	xcomp
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 entered	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 entered	nsubj
16	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 do	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 chamber	det
18	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 entered	obj
19	carrying	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 chamber	acl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 coffin	det
21	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 coffin	amod
22	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 coffin	amod
23	coffin	coffin	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 carrying	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 intend	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the passage	the Rabbits		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality
2	intend	present			with reference to the passage	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	enter	past	Rabbits = rabbit	the chamber		vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chamber=Destination
5	carry	gerund	the chamber not said here	the small black coffin		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme

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

To carry Pinocchio out, because he had lied to them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 carry	mark
2	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carry	obj
4	out	out	ADP	_	2 carry	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lied	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 lied	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lied	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lied	aux
9	lied	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 carry	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry out	to-infinitive		Pinocchio					vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Eventuality
2	lie	past · perfect	Pinocchio		them = they				vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To take Pinocchio away, since he had refused the medicine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 take	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 refused	punct
6	since	since	SCONJ	_	9 refused	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 refused	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 refused	aux
9	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 take	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 medicine	det
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 refused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take away	to-infinitive		Pinocchio				away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Theme
2	refuse	past · perfect	Pinocchio	the medicine					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme

Option 3

To bring the medicine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 bring	mark
2	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 medicine	det
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	to-infinitive		the medicine					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

To take him home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 take	mark
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 take	obj
4	home	home	ADV	_	2 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	to-infinitive			him = he			home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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