Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 18: Pinocchio…

Upon what condition did the Fairy promise Pinocchio his transformation into a real boy?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: condition · What happens: do, transform · To what, where: Fairy promise

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1405 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 18: Pinocchio is kept waiting, kicks the door, and is tempted away by Lamp-Wick» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 promise	det
6	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 promise	amod
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 promise	appos
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 transformation	nmod:poss
10	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 promise	nmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 boy	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 boy	det
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 boy	amod
14	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	condition	the Fairy promise condition's transformation				into a real boy	tree rules
2	transform		condition						nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent

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

Passing all his examinations

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 examinations	det:predet
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 examinations	nmod:poss
4	examinations	examination	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Passing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund		his examinations					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme examination=Trajectory
2	examine		his = he						nom examination «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Studying every single night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Studying	study	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 night	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 night	amod
4	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Studying	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	gerund					night		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Passing all his examinations and being honest with everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 honest	csubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 examinations	det:predet
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 examinations	nmod:poss
4	examinations	examination	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Passing	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 honest	cc
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 honest	cop
7	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 honest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund		his examinations		vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme examination=Trajectory
2	is	gerund	Passing		with everyone; honest property	tree rules
3	examine		his = he			nom examination «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Passing every single examination at the school with top marks and no complaints

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 examination	det
3	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 examination	amod
4	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Passing	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 school	det
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Passing	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 marks	case
9	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 marks	compound
10	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Passing	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 complaints	cc
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 complaints	det
13	complaints	complaint	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 marks	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	gerund		every single examination		the school		with top marks and no complaints	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent examination=Theme at school=Destination

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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