Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 15: Pinocchio…

Which of the following accurately records the statement the Marionette made when the Crab addressed the combatants?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Marionette, Crab · What happens: follow, record, make, address · To what, where: statement, combatants

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1402 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 15: Pinocchio fights his schoolmates and a boy falls as if dead» 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	6 records	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 records	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 records	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 records	nsubj
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	6 records	advmod
6	records	record	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 statement	det
8	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 records	obj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Marionette	det
10	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 statement	acl:relcl
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 addressed	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Crab	det
14	Crab	Crab	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 addressed	nsubj
15	addressed	address	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 made	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 combatants	det
17	combatants	combatant	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 addressed	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 records	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	record	present		the statement	accurately property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
3	make	past	the Marionette	the statement not said here		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Product
4	address	past	the Crab	the combatants		vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent combatant=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

He shouted at the Crab to keep quiet and stop talking

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 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 Crab	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Crab	det
5	Crab	Crab	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 shouted	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 shouted	advcl
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 keep	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stop	cc
10	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
11	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	He	at the Crab	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	to-infinitive	He not said here	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	stop	present	He not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	talk	gerund	He not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He ordered the Crab to swim back home

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 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crab	det
4	Crab	Crab	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 swim	mark
6	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ordered	xcomp
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 swim	advmod
8	home	home	ADV	_	6 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	He		the Crab				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent crab=Recipient clause=Topic
2	swim back not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here					home property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He told the Crab to keep quiet and go to bed

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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crab	det
4	Crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keep	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 bed	case
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He	the Crab			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent crab=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	go	infinitive	He not said here		bed		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

Option 4

He told the Crab to keep quiet, go to bed and never come back

The tree, 14 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 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Crab	det
4	Crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	xcomp
7	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 keep	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keep	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 bed	case
11	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 come	cc
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 come	advmod
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 told	conj
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	He	the Crab			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent crab=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here			quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	go	infinitive	He not said here		bed		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location
4	not come back	infinitive	He not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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