Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the manner in which Pinocchio finally came to mount a donkey?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pinocchio · What happens: follow, describe, come, mount · To what, where: manner, donkey

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1406 «Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted, refuses, then climbs onto a donkey and hears a warning whisper» 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	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 manner	det
9	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 which	case
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 came	obl
12	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 came	nsubj
13	finally	finally	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 manner	acl:relcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 mount	mark
16	mount	mount	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 came	xcomp
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 donkey	det
18	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mount	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		of the following statements; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
3	come	past	Pinocchio		the manner	finally property	tree rules
4	mount	to-infinitive	Pinocchio not said here	a donkey			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent donkey=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 · ✓ the right answer

He leapt onto the donkey's back after an earlier fall

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 leapt	nsubj
2	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	7 back	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 donkey	det
5	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 back	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 donkey	case
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leapt	obl
8	after	after	ADP	_	11 fall	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fall	det
10	earlier	early	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 fall	amod
11	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leapt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leapt	past	He			the donkey's back	after a earlier fall		tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He climbed up slowly

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 climbed	nsubj
2	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 climbed	compound:prt
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 climbed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb up	past	He					slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He jumped onto a donkey after falling

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	5 donkey	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 donkey	det
5	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 jumped	obl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	7 falling	mark
7	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 jumped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	past	He					onto a donkey	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme onto donkey=Trajectory
2	fall	gerund	He not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He jumped on

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 jumped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump on	past	He						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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