Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio…

Which of the following actions did Pinocchio undertake in order to prevent the Weasels from stealing the poultry?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pinocchio · What happens: follow, undertake, prevent, steal · To what, where: order, Weasels, poultry

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1399 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio outwits the Weasels, then grieves at the Fairy's grave and meets a Pigeon» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 undertake	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 actions	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 actions	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 actions	amod
5	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 undertake	obl
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 undertake	aux
7	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 undertake	nsubj
8	undertake	undertake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 order	case
10	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 undertake	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 prevent	mark
12	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 undertake	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Weasels	det
14	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 prevent	obj
15	from	from	SCONJ	_	16 stealing	mark
16	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 prevent	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 poultry	det
18	poultry	poultry	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stealing	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 undertake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	undertake	past · do-support	Pinocchio		order	of the following actions	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality
3	prevent	to-infinitive	Pinocchio not said here	the Weasels			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer weasel=Theme
4	steal	gerund	Pinocchio not said here	the poultry			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location poultry=Theme

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

He ran away quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	He					away, quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He barked, secured the coop with a stone, and summoned the Farmer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 barked	nsubj
2	barked	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 secured	punct
4	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 barked	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coop	det
6	coop	coop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 secured	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 stone	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stone	det
9	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 coop	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 summoned	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 summoned	cc
12	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 barked	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Farmer	det
14	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 summoned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	bark	past	He				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	secure	past	He not said here	the coop		with a stone	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent coop=Patient with stone=Co-Patient
3	summon	past	He not said here		the Farmer		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Recipient

Option 3

He hid in the hay and waited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hay	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 hay	det
5	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hid	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 waited	cc
7	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	He			the hay			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hay=Location
2	wait	past	He not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He stole the eggs, blocked the door, and called the Weasels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stole	nsubj
2	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eggs	det
4	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 stole	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 blocked	punct
6	blocked	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blocked	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 called	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 called	cc
11	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stole	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Weasels	det
13	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 called	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	steal	past	He	the eggs		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location egg=Theme
2	block	past	He not said here	the door		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer door=Theme
3	call	past			the Weasels	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent weasel=Recipient

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