Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is rob…

What was the stated reason for the Judge's spectacles?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: state, be · To what, where: stated reason

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1397 «Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is robbed of his gold and sent to prison» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	10 spectacles	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Judge	det
8	Judge	Judge	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 spectacles	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Judge	case
10	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reason	nmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	participle							vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the stated reason				for the Judge's spectacles	tree rules

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 eyes had been weakened by years of late nights reading law books

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 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weakened	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 weakened	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 weakened	aux:pass
5	weakened	weaken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 years	case
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weakened	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 nights	case
9	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nights	amod
10	nights	night	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 years	nmod
11	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 nights	acl
12	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 books	compound
13	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 reading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weaken	past · perfect · passive		His eyes			year		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	read	gerund	late nights not said here	law books					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His eyes had been weakened by long labour

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 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weakened	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 weakened	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 weakened	aux:pass
5	weakened	weaken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 labour	case
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 labour	amod
8	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weakened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weaken	past · perfect · passive	long labour	His eyes					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 3

His eyes had been weakened by long labour at the desk

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 eyes	nmod:poss
2	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 weakened	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 weakened	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 weakened	aux:pass
5	weakened	weaken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 labour	case
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 labour	amod
8	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weakened	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 desk	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 desk	det
11	desk	desk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 weakened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weaken	past · perfect · passive	long labour	His eyes		the desk			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Option 4

His sight had weakened from reading

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 sight	nmod:poss
2	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weakened	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 weakened	aux
4	weakened	weaken	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 reading	case
6	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 weakened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weaken	past · perfect	His sight			reading			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	sight		His = he						nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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