Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted…

State the number of donkeys drawing the wagon and the condition of their feet as recorded in the passage.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, donkeys · What happens: state, draw, record, condition · To what, where: number, wagon, passage, feet

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 number	det
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 donkeys	case
5	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod
6	drawing	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 donkeys	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wagon	det
8	wagon	wagon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drawing	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 condition	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 condition	det
11	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wagon	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 feet	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 feet	nmod:poss
14	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 condition	nmod
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 recorded	mark
16	recorded	record	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 drawing	advcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 passage	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 passage	det
19	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 recorded	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the number of donkeys		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent number=Topic
2	draw	gerund	donkeys not said here	the wagon and the condition of wagon's feet		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wagon=Theme
3	record	participle	donkeys not said here		the passage	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination
4	condition			wagon's feet		nom condition «state transitive»: of=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

Twenty-four donkeys, all wearing laced leather shoes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 four	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Twenty	punct
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 donkeys	nummod
4	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shoes	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 shoes	nsubj
7	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 shoes	amod
8	laced	lace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 shoes	amod
9	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoes	compound
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 donkeys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wear	gerund		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	lace	participle		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	shoe		all	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Twenty-four donkeys, all wearing wooden clogs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 four	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Twenty	punct
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 donkeys	nummod
4	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wearing	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 wearing	nsubj
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 donkeys	acl
8	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 clogs	amod
9	clogs	clog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund	all	wooden clogs					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent clog=Theme

Option 3

Twenty-four donkeys, all wearing rags on their feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 four	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Twenty	punct
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 donkeys	nummod
4	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wearing	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 wearing	nsubj
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 donkeys	acl
8	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wearing	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 feet	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 feet	nmod:poss
11	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	gerund	all	rags		rags's feet			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent rag=Source

Option 4

Twenty-four donkeys, all wearing laced leather shoes and bells on their harnesses

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 four	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Twenty	punct
3	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 donkeys	nummod
4	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 shoes	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 shoes	nsubj
7	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 shoes	amod
8	laced	lace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 shoes	amod
9	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shoes	compound
10	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 donkeys	appos
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 bells	cc
12	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 shoes	conj
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 harnesses	case
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 harnesses	nmod:poss
15	harnesses	harness	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 donkeys	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wear	gerund		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	lace	participle		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	shoe		all	tree rules

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