Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio…

Which conclusion did the Fairy draw concerning the attainment of happiness?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: conclusion, Fairy draw · What happens: do, concern, attain · To what, where: Fairy draw, attainment, happiness

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1401 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio begs for pennies, refuses hard work, and is recognised by the Fairy» 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 conclusion	det
2	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 draw	det
5	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 draw	amod
6	draw	draw	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 draw	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 attainment	det
9	attainment	attainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 happiness	case
11	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 attainment	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	which conclusion	the Fairy draw	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent draw=Eventuality
2	concern	gerund	the Fairy draw not said here	the attainment of happiness	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus attainment=Experiencer
3	attain			happiness	nom attainment «act 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

Happiness comes to those who work hard and never stop trying to learn.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	nsubj
2	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 those	case
4	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	2 comes	obl
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 work	nsubj
6	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 those	acl:relcl
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 work	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stop	cc
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 stop	advmod
10	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 work	conj
11	trying	try	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
12	to	to	PART	_	13 learn	mark
13	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 trying	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	come	present	Happiness	those		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to that=Initial_Location
2	work	present			hard property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not stop	present				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	try	gerund				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	learn not said to happen	to-infinitive				vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No one can find happiness without hard work and honest effort.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 find	aux
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 work	case
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 work	amod
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 effort	cc
10	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 effort	amod
11	effort	effort	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 work	conj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	can	no one	happiness				without hard work and honest effort	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic

Option 3

Happiness comes from play and rest.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	nsubj
2	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 play	case
4	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comes	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 rest	cc
6	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 play	conj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 comes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Happiness			play and rest			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from play=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No one can find happiness without work.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 find	aux
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 work	case
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	can	no one	happiness				without work	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Topic

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