Test 13 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

Wait, why did the Fairy say "lies with long noses"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Fairy · What happens: wait, say · To what, where: lies · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 say	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fairy	det
6	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lies	punct
9	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 noses	case
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 noses	amod
12	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lies	nmod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 lies	punct
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the Fairy	lies				with long noses	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent lie=Theme with nose=Manner

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

Cause Pinocchio's nap made him tired, duh, so it fits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 nap	compound
2	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 nap	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Pinocchio	case
4	nap	nap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 made	obj
7	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 made	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 duh	punct
9	duh	duh	INTJ	_	5 made	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fits	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 fits	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fits	nsubj
13	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	make	past	Pinocchio's Cause nap	Pinocchio	tired property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
3	fit	present	nap			vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cause Pinocchio's lies made his nose grow, duh, so it fits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 made	parataxis
2	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 lies	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Pinocchio	case
4	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 nose	nmod:poss
7	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grow	nsubj
8	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	ccomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 duh	punct
10	duh	duh	INTJ	_	8 grow	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fits	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 fits	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fits	nsubj
14	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	cause	infinitive		vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	make	past	Pinocchio's lies	tree rules
3	grow	present	Pinocchio's nose	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	fit	present	nose	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5	lie		Pinocchio	nom lie «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Cause Pinocchio told so many lies that his whole face turned red and his ears got long, duh, that's what she meant

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	3 told	mark
2	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 many	advmod
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lies	amod
6	lies	lie	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 told	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 turned	obj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 face	nmod:poss
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 face	amod
10	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turned	nsubj
11	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lies	acl:relcl
12	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 turned	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 got	cc
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ears	nmod:poss
15	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 got	nsubj
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 turned	conj
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 got	xcomp
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 duh	punct
19	duh	duh	INTJ	_	3 told	discourse
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 what	punct
21	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 what	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 what	cop
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 told	parataxis
24	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 meant	nsubj
25	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 what	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	Pinocchio	many lies		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lie=Recipient
2	turn	past	Pinocchio's whole face	many lies	red property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent that=Theme
3	get	past	Pinocchio's ears		long property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	is a	present	that			tree rules
5	mean	past	face			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Cause his nose grew

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 nose	nmod:poss
3	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grew	nsubj
4	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	grow	past	his nose						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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