Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 11: freed fro…

Explain the reason the Farmer gave for assigning the Marionette to the henhouse.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Farmer · What happens: explain, give, assign · To what, where: reason, Marionette, henhouse

This is exam question 4 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	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Explain	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Farmer	det
5	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gave	nsubj
6	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 assigning	mark
8	assigning	assign	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 gave	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Marionette	det
10	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 assigning	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 henhouse	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 henhouse	det
13	henhouse	henhouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 assigning	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	give	past	the Farmer	the reason not said here		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
3	assign	gerund	the Farmer not said here	the Marionette	to the henhouse goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent marionette=Theme to henhouse=Goal

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 sheepdog had run away that day

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 sheepdog	nmod:poss
2	sheepdog	sheepdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 run	advmod
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past · perfect · passive		His sheepdog			day	away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His watchdog had died that very day

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 watchdog	nmod:poss
2	watchdog	watchdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 day	mark
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 day	advmod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · perfect	His watchdog				day		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

The chickens needed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 chickens	det
2	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 needed	nsubj
3	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	the chickens	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 4

His watchdog had died that very day, and he needed a new guard for the henhouse at once

The tree, 18 words

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 watchdog	nmod:poss
2	watchdog	watchdog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 day	mark
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 day	advmod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 died	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 needed	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 needed	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 needed	nsubj
11	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 died	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 guard	det
13	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 guard	amod
14	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needed	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	17 henhouse	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 henhouse	det
17	henhouse	henhouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 guard	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 once	case
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · perfect	His watchdog				day		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	need	past	watchdog	a new guard				for the henhouse	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot guard=Theme

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