Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

With reference to the passage, what was the condition of the Cat's right paw when Pinocchio met him in the wood?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: passage, Pinocchio · What happens: be, meet · To what, where: condition, Cat, wood

This is exam question 4 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	5 passage	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	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 condition	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 condition	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 condition	cop
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 condition	det
10	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 passage	parataxis
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 paw	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cat	det
13	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 paw	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Cat	case
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 paw	amod
16	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 condition	nmod
17	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 met	advmod
18	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 met	nsubj
19	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 condition	advcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 met	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 wood	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 wood	det
23	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 met	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the passage	the condition				of the Cat's right paw	tree rules
2	meet	past	Pinocchio	Cat		the wood			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-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

It was wrapped in old cloth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrapped	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrapped	aux:pass
3	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cloth	case
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloth	amod
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wrapped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	past · passive		It		old cloth			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in cloth=Destination

Option 2

It was wrapped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wrapped	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wrapped	aux:pass
3	wrapped	wrap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrap	past · passive		It					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It was broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 broken	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broken	aux:pass
3	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past · passive		It					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was carried in a sling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carried	aux:pass
3	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 sling	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sling	det
6	sling	sling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · passive		It		a sling			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in sling=Location

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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