Test 2 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 16: a chase,…

Dude, why did Pinocchio bolt with his cap in his mouth?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: bolt · To what, where: mouth

This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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	Dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bolt	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bolt	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 bolt	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bolt	aux
5	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bolt	nsubj
6	bolt	bolt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 cap	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 cap	nmod:poss
9	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bolt	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 mouth	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 mouth	nmod:poss
12	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bolt	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bolt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolt	past · do-support	Dude			Pinocchio's mouth		with Pinocchio's cap	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Trajectory

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

A dog was barking at him loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dog	det
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 barking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 barking	aux
4	barking	bark	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 barking	obl
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 barking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bark	past · progressive	a dog					at him = he; loudly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at he=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

His cap blew off and he chased it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cap	nmod:poss
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blew	nsubj
3	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 blew	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 chased	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chased	nsubj
7	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 blew	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chased	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow off	past	His cap						vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	chase	past	he	cap					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He was hungry and wanted food

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	3 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	cop
3	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hungry	conj
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					hungry property	tree rules
2	want	past	He not said here	food					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

Option 4

Because the Carabineers ordered him to run home at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 ordered	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Carabineers	det
3	Carabineers	Carabineer	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 ordered	nsubj
4	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ordered	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 run	mark
7	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ordered	xcomp
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 run	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	order	past	the Carabineers		him = he				vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	run not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Carabineers not said here					home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory

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