Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio…

What did the Pigeon report regarding the whereabouts and intentions of Geppetto?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, regard, intend · To what, where: Pigeon report, Geppetto

This is exam question 4 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	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 report	det
4	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 report	compound
5	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 whereabouts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 whereabouts	det
8	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 report	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 intentions	cc
10	intentions	intention	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 whereabouts	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Geppetto	case
12	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 intentions	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the Pigeon report	regard the whereabouts and intentions of Geppetto	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Eventuality
2	regard	gerund			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	intend		Geppetto		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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That he had left the shore and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sail	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sail	cc
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sail	aux
9	sail	sail	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 ocean	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 ocean	det
12	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sail	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 search	mark
14	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sail	advcl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 Pinocchio	case
16	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect · passive	That			vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme shore=Attribute
2	sail	would		the ocean		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory
3	search	to-infinitive			for Pinocchio	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for pinocchio=Theme

Option 2

That he was still waiting on the shore and would search the village tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 waiting	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 waiting	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 waiting	aux
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 waiting	advmod
5	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 shore	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shore	det
8	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 waiting	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 search	cc
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 search	aux
11	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 waiting	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 village	det
13	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	obj
14	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	That			the shore	still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location
2	search	would	That not said here	the village			tomorrow		vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent village=Location

Option 3

That he had left the shore and would sail across the wide ocean to search for Pinocchio, though he was very sick

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 sail	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sail	cc
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 sail	aux
9	sail	sail	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	across	across	ADP	_	13 ocean	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ocean	det
12	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ocean	amod
13	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sail	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 search	mark
15	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sail	advcl
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 Pinocchio	case
17	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 search	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 sick	punct
19	though	though	SCONJ	_	23 sick	mark
20	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 sick	nsubj
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 sick	cop
22	very	very	ADV	_	23 sick	advmod
23	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sail	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect · passive		That			vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme shore=Attribute
2	sail	would			the wide ocean		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory
3	search	to-infinitive				for Pinocchio	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for pinocchio=Theme
4	is	past	Pinocchio			sick property	tree rules

Option 4

That he had left the shore, built a boat, and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio in the New World

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 left	nsubj:pass
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shore	det
6	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 built	punct
8	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 boat	det
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 built	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sail	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sail	cc
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 sail	aux
14	sail	sail	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 left	parataxis
15	across	across	ADP	_	17 ocean	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 ocean	det
17	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sail	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 search	mark
19	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 sail	advcl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 Pinocchio	case
21	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 search	obl
22	in	in	ADP	_	25 World	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 World	det
24	New	New	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 World	amod
25	World	World	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 search	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect · passive	That			vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme shore=Attribute
2	build	past	a boat			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boat=Product
3	sail	would		the ocean		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory
4	search	to-infinitive		the New World	for Pinocchio	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for pinocchio=Theme in world=Location

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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