Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 20: Pinocchio…

State the principal reason, as advanced by the Dormouse, for the transformation of the idle boys into donkeys.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: advance, transform · To what, where: State principal reason, idle boys

This is exam question 3 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	State	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reason	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 advanced	punct
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 advanced	mark
7	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 Dormouse	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Dormouse	det
10	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 advanced	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 transformation	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 transformation	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 transformation	det
14	transformation	transformation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 advanced	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 boys	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 boys	det
17	idle	idle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 boys	amod
18	boys	boy	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 transformation	nmod
19	into	into	ADP	_	20 donkeys	case
20	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 advanced	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	participle		the State principal reason not said here				by the Dormouse; for the transformation of the idle boys; into donkeys	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into donkey=Initial_Location
2	transform			the idle boys					nom transformation «event 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 · ← Mova's choice

They ran away from home and hated books, schools, and teachers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hated	cc
7	hated	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
8	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 hated	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 schools	punct
10	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 books	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 teachers	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 teachers	cc
13	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 books	conj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	They			home		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory
2	hate	past	They not said here	books and schools and teachers					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They hate books, schools, and teachers.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hate	nsubj
2	hate	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hate	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 schools	punct
5	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 books	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 teachers	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 teachers	cc
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 books	conj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 hate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hate	present	They	books and schools and teachers					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus

Option 3

They skipped all of their lessons.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 skipped	nsubj
2	skipped	skip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 skipped	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 lessons	case
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 lessons	nmod:poss
6	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 all	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 skipped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	skip	past	They	all					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Agent

Option 4

They never did their homework.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 did	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 did	advmod
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 homework	nmod:poss
5	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	past	They	their homework					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality

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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