Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted…

Determine which character was the first to be given an unexpected kick and in what manner it was delivered.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, character · What happens: determine, be, give, deliver · To what, where: unexpected kick, character, manner

This is exam question 4 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	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 character	det
3	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 first	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 first	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 first	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Determine	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	9 given	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 given	aux:pass
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 first	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kick	det
11	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 kick	amod
12	kick	kick	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 given	obj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 delivered	cc
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 manner	case
15	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	16 manner	det
16	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 delivered	obl
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 delivered	nsubj:pass
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 delivered	aux:pass
19	delivered	deliver	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 given	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	which character			first property	tree rules
3	give	to-infinitive · passive	which character not said here	a unexpected kick			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: kick=Theme
4	deliver	past · passive		character	what manner		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 · ← Mova's choice

Pinocchio, by the donkey's hind legs, into the side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 legs	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	8 legs	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 donkey	det
5	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 legs	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 donkey	case
7	hind	hind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 legs	amod
8	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pinocchio	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 side	punct
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 side	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 side	det
12	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pinocchio	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Pinocchio, by the first donkey, into the stomach

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 donkey	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 donkey	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 donkey	amod
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pinocchio	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stomach	punct
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 stomach	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stomach	det
10	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pinocchio	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Lamp-Wick, by the first donkey, on the leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 Wick	punct
3	Wick	Wick	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Lamp	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 donkey	punct
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 donkey	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 donkey	det
7	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 donkey	amod
8	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lamp	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 leg	punct
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 leg	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 leg	det
12	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lamp	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Pinocchio, by the second donkey, into the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 donkey	punct
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 donkey	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 donkey	det
5	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 donkey	amod
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pinocchio	appos
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 back	punct
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 back	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 back	det
10	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pinocchio	appos

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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