Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 20: Pinocchio…

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the length of time after which Pinocchio's transformation into a donkey was predicted by the Dormouse?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dormouse, Pinocchio · What happens: follow, describe, predict, transform · To what, where: length, transformation

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1407 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 20: Pinocchio wakes with donkey ears, and he and Lamp-Wick both hide under cotton bags.» 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	8 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	8 describes	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 describes	advmod
8	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 length	det
10	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 describes	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 time	case
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 length	nmod
13	after	after	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 predicted	obl
15	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 transformation	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Pinocchio	case
17	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 predicted	nsubj:pass
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 donkey	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 donkey	det
20	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 transformation	nmod
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 predicted	aux:pass
22	predicted	predict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 length	acl:relcl
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 Dormouse	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Dormouse	det
25	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 predicted	obl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the length of time		of the following statements; accurately property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent length=Theme
3	predict	past · passive	the Dormouse	Pinocchio's transformation into a donkey	after the length of time		vn indicate-78 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Topic
4	transform		Pinocchio			into a donkey	nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=agent into=obl

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

as soon as the sun sets over the town hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	as	as	ADV	_	2 soon	advmod
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 sets	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 sets	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sun	det
5	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sets	nsubj
6	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	over	over	ADP	_	10 hall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hall	det
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hall	compound
10	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	present	the sun			the town hall		soon property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over hall=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

within two or three hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	within	within	ADP	_	5 hours	case
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 hours	nummod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 three	cc
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 two	conj
5	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 3

only after the whole long winter had passed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	only	only	ADV	_	6 winter	advmod
2	after	after	ADP	_	6 winter	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 winter	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 winter	amod
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 winter	amod
6	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 passed	nsubj:pass
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 passed	aux
8	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pass	past · perfect · passive		the whole long winter					vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

within four or five days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	within	within	ADP	_	5 days	case
2	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 days	nummod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 five	cc
4	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 four	conj
5	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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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