Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 16: a chase,…

What reason does the Dog give for his gratitude to Pinocchio?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: reason · What happens: give

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1403 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 16: a chase, a rescued dog, and a net full of fish» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 reason	det
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj:outer
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Dog	det
5	Dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 gratitude	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gratitude	nmod:poss
9	gratitude	gratitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Pinocchio	case
11	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 gratitude	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · do-support	what reason					for Dog's gratitude to Pinocchio	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for gratitude=Asset

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

Pinocchio chased him away from the Carabineers and hid him in a barn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 chased	nsubj
2	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chased	obj
4	away	away	ADV	_	2 chased	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Carabineers	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Carabineers	det
7	Carabineers	Carabineer	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 chased	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hid	cc
9	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chased	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hid	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 barn	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 barn	det
13	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase away	past	Pinocchio	him = he		the Carabineers		away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme from carabineer=Trajectory
2	hide	past	Pinocchio not said here	Pinocchio		a barn			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in barn=Location

Option 2

Pinocchio had saved his whole family from the fire last winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 saved	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 saved	aux
3	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 family	nmod:poss
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 family	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 fire	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fire	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obl
10	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 winter	amod
11	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 saved	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	past · perfect	Pinocchio	Pinocchio's whole family		the fire	winter		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent family=Theme from fire=Source

Option 3

Pinocchio was kind to him at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 kind	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kind	cop
3	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 kind	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Pinocchio		him = he	school		kind property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Pinocchio rescued him from drowning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 rescued	nsubj
2	rescued	rescue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rescued	obj
4	from	from	SCONJ	_	5 drowning	mark
5	drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rescued	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rescue	past	Pinocchio	him = he					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	drown	gerund	Pinocchio not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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