Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 11: freed fro…

Which creature obstructed the highway, and by what means did it terminate its existence?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: creature · What happens: obstruct, mean, terminate, exist · To what, where: highway, existence

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1398 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 11: freed from prison, a Serpent blocks the road, caught by a Farmer» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 creature	det
2	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obstructed	nsubj
3	obstructed	obstruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 highway	det
5	highway	highway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obstructed	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 terminate	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 terminate	cc
8	by	by	SCONJ	_	10 means	mark
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 means	nsubj
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 terminate	advcl
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 terminate	aux
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 terminate	nsubj
13	terminate	terminate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 obstructed	conj
14	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 existence	nmod:poss
15	existence	existence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 terminate	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 obstructed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	obstruct	past	which creature	the highway	vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer highway=Eventuality
2	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	terminate	past · do-support	creature	creature's existence	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent existence=Theme
4	exist		creature		nom existence «state intransitive»: 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

A dark Serpent that fainted from the heat of the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 Serpent	det
2	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Serpent	amod
3	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 fainted	nsubj
5	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Serpent	acl:relcl
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 heat	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 heat	det
8	heat	heat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fainted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sun	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sun	det
11	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heat	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	past	a dark Serpent					from the heat of the sun	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer from heat=Stimulus
2	heat		the sun						nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

An immense Serpent that burst an artery through laughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 Serpent	det
2	immense	immense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Serpent	amod
3	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 burst	nsubj
5	burst	burst	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Serpent	acl:relcl
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 artery	det
7	artery	artery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burst	obj
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 laughter	case
9	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 burst	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burst	past	a immense Serpent	a artery		laughter			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location artery=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A giant wolf that was hit by a falling stone from the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wolf	det
2	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wolf	amod
3	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hit	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hit	aux:pass
6	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 wolf	acl:relcl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 stone	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stone	det
9	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 stone	amod
10	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hit	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 hill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hill	det
13	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	past · passive	a falling stone	a giant wolf		the hill			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from hill=Initial_Location
2	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A huge Serpent that froze in the cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 Serpent	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Serpent	amod
3	Serpent	serpent	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 froze	nsubj
5	froze	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 Serpent	acl:relcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 cold	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cold	det
8	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 froze	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	past	a huge Serpent			the cold			vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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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