Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is rob…

What may reasonably be inferred about the intentions of the Fox and the Cat?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: infer, intend · To what, where: Fox

This is exam question 4 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 inferred	obj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 inferred	aux
3	reasonably	reasonably	ADV	_	5 inferred	advmod
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 inferred	aux:pass
5	inferred	infer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 intentions	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 intentions	det
8	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 inferred	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Fox	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fox	det
11	Fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intentions	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 Cat	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Cat	det
14	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Fox	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 inferred	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	infer	may · passive						about the intentions of the Fox and the Cat; reasonably property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: what=Theme
2	intend			the Fox and the Cat					nom intention «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

They planned to sell his shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 planned	nsubj
2	planned	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 sell	mark
4	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 planned	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoes	nmod:poss
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	past	They						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	his shoes					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme

Option 2

They meant to befriend and help him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 meant	nsubj
2	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 befriend	mark
4	befriend	befriend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 meant	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 help	cc
6	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 befriend	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 help	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	mean	past	They		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	befriend not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		tree rules
3	help	infinitive	They not said here	him = he	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They wanted to rob him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 rob	mark
4	rob	rob	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rob	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	rob not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	him = he					vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They intended to deceive and rob him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 intended	nsubj
2	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 deceive	mark
4	deceive	deceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 intended	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rob	cc
6	rob	rob	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 deceive	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rob	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	intend	past	They		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	deceive not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	rob	infinitive	They not said here	him = he	vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source

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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