Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted…

Identify the reason the wagon wheels produced no sound during the journey as described in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wagon wheels · What happens: identify, produce, describe · To what, where: reason, sound, passage

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wheels	det
5	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wheels	compound
6	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 produced	nsubj
7	produced	produce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 sound	det
9	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produced	obj
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 journey	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 journey	det
12	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 produced	obl
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 described	mark
14	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 produced	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 passage	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 passage	det
17	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 described	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	produce	past	the wagon wheels	no sound		during the journey	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result
3	describe	participle	the wagon wheels not said here		the passage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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 wheels had been fitted with iron rims

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wheels	det
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fitted	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fitted	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 fitted	aux:pass
5	fitted	fit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 rims	case
7	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rims	compound
8	rims	rim	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fitted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	past · perfect · passive		the wheels				with iron rims	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

The wheels had been bound with straw and rags so that nobody on the road could hear them

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wheels	det
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bound	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bound	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 bound	aux:pass
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 straw	case
7	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rags	cc
9	rags	rag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bound	conj
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	17 hear	mark
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 hear	mark
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	17 hear	nsubj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 road	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 road	det
15	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nobody	nmod
16	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 hear	aux
17	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rags	advcl
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	bind	past · perfect · passive		the wheels	with straw	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with straw=Co-Patient
2	rag	present				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	hear	could	nobody	wheels = wheel		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The wheels had been bound with straw and rags

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wheels	det
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bound	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bound	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 bound	aux:pass
5	bound	bind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 straw	case
7	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bound	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rags	cc
9	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 straw	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bind	past · perfect · passive		the wheels				with straw and rags	vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with straw=Co-Patient

Option 4

The wheels had been coated with thick grease

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 wheels	det
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 coated	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 coated	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 coated	aux:pass
5	coated	coat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 grease	case
7	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 grease	amod
8	grease	grease	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	coat	past · perfect · passive		the wheels				with thick grease	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with grease=Theme

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