Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

With reference to the passage, what did the Fairy propose to Pinocchio concerning their relationship after he had been relieved of his affliction?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fairy · What happens: propose, concern, relieve, afflict · To what, where: Pinocchio, relationship, Fairy

This is exam question 3 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 propose	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	_	11 propose	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 propose	obj
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 propose	aux
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Fairy	det
10	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 propose	nsubj
11	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 Pinocchio	case
13	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 propose	obl
14	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 propose	advcl
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 relationship	nmod:poss
16	relationship	relationship	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 concerning	obj
17	after	after	SCONJ	_	21 relieved	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 relieved	nsubj:pass
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 relieved	aux
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 relieved	aux:pass
21	relieved	relieve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 concerning	advcl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 affliction	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 affliction	nmod:poss
24	affliction	affliction	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 relieved	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	propose	past · do-support	the Fairy		Pinocchio	with reference to the passage	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Theme to pinocchio=Recipient
2	concern	gerund	the Fairy not said here	their relationship			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus relationship=Experiencer
3	relieve	past · perfect · passive		Fairy		of Fairy's affliction	vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source of affliction=Theme
4	afflict		Fairy				nom affliction «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

That he should remain with her as her little brother and be given a new name and a small house nearby

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 remain	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remain	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 brother	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brother	nmod:poss
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 brother	amod
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 given	cc
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 given	aux:pass
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 remain	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 name	det
15	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 name	amod
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 given	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 house	cc
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 house	det
19	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 house	amod
20	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 name	conj
21	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	20 house	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	should	That					with her = she; as her little brother	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	infinitive · passive	That not said here	a new name and a small house					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: name=Theme

Option 2

That he should go back to his father as his brother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 go	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 father	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 father	nmod:poss
8	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 brother	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 brother	nmod:poss
11	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	should	That					to his father result; as his brother	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to father=Result

Option 3

That he should remain with her as her little brother and receive a golden palace and gold coins every day

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 remain	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remain	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 brother	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brother	nmod:poss
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 brother	amod
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 receive	cc
12	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 remain	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 palace	det
14	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 palace	amod
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 receive	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 coins	cc
17	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 coins	compound
18	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 palace	conj
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 day	det
20	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 receive	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	should	That					with her = she; as her little brother	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	receive	infinitive	That not said here	a golden palace and gold coins			day		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

That he should remain with her as her little brother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 remain	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remain	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 remain	aux
4	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 remain	obl
7	as	as	ADP	_	10 brother	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 brother	nmod:poss
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 brother	amod
10	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 remain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	should	That					with her = she; as her little brother	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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