Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio…

What was the reaction of the Farmer when he learned that the Weasels had been trapped in the coop?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Farmer · What happens: be, learn, trap · To what, where: reaction, Weasels, coop · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 reaction	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reaction	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reaction	det
4	reaction	reaction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 Farmer	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Farmer	det
7	Farmer	Farmer	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 reaction	nmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 learned	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 learned	nsubj
10	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 reaction	advcl
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 trapped	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Weasels	det
13	Weasels	weasel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 trapped	nsubj:pass
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 trapped	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 trapped	aux:pass
16	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 learned	ccomp
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 coop	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 coop	det
19	coop	coop	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 trapped	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reaction	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the reaction		of the Farmer	tree rules
2	learn	past	Farmer				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	trap	past · perfect · passive		the Weasels	the coop		vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in coop=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

He praised Pinocchio as a fine boy and freed him from the collar

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 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 boy	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 freed	cc
9	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 freed	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 collar	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 collar	det
13	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	He	Pinocchio				as a fine boy	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Theme as boy=Attribute
2	free	past	He not said here	Pinocchio		the collar			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source

Option 2

He yelled at Pinocchio for barking and kept the collar on

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 yelled	nsubj
2	yelled	yell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 Pinocchio	case
4	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 yelled	obl
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 barking	mark
6	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 yelled	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yelled	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 collar	det
10	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	8 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	yell speech: express	past	He		at Pinocchio	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at pinocchio=Stimulus
2	bark	gerund	He not said here			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	keep	past	He not said here	the collar		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collar=Theme

Option 3

He praised Pinocchio as a fine boy, freed him from the collar, and gave him a gold coin and a warm bed

The tree, 22 words

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 praised	nsubj
2	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obj
4	as	as	ADP	_	7 boy	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boy	amod
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 praised	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 freed	punct
9	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	parataxis
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 freed	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	13 collar	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 collar	det
13	collar	collar	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 freed	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 gave	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 gave	cc
16	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 praised	parataxis
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 gave	iobj
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 coin	det
19	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 coin	compound
20	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 gave	obj
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 bed	cc
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 bed	det
23	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 bed	amod
24	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 coin	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	praise	past	He	Pinocchio			as a fine boy	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Theme as boy=Attribute
2	free	past		Pinocchio		the collar		vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source
3	give	past		a gold coin and a warm bed	Pinocchio			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient coin=Theme

Option 4

He blamed Pinocchio and locked him in the barn for the night

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 blamed	nsubj
2	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 blamed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 locked	cc
5	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 blamed	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 locked	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 barn	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 barn	det
9	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locked	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 night	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	past	He	Pinocchio					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Theme
2	lock	past	He not said here	Pinocchio		the barn	night		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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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