Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two b…

To which person was Lamp-Wick sold, according to the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lamp · What happens: be, accord

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1408 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two boys turn into donkeys and are sold» 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	To	to	ADP	_	3 person	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 person	det
3	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sold	obl
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sold	cop
5	Lamp	Lamp	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sold	nsubj
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 Wick	punct
7	Wick	Wick	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Lamp	conj
8	sold	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 passage	punct
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 passage	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sold	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 sold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Lamp and Wick					to which person; sell property	tree rules
2	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: 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

To a farmer whose donkey had died the day before, and who needed help badly

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 farmer	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	obl
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 donkey	nmod:poss
5	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 died	aux
7	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	obl:unmarked
10	before	before	ADV	_	7 died	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 needed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 needed	cc
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 needed	nsubj
14	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 died	conj
15	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 needed	obj
16	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 needed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · perfect	donkey				day	to a farmer; before property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	need	past		help				badly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot help=Theme

Option 2

To a rich farmer whose donkey had died the week before in a terrible storm at sea

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 farmer	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 farmer	det
3	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 farmer	amod
4	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	obl
5	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	6 donkey	nmod:poss
6	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 died	aux
8	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 week	det
10	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	obl:unmarked
11	before	before	ADV	_	8 died	advmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 storm	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 storm	det
14	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 storm	amod
15	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 died	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 sea	case
17	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 storm	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · perfect	donkey				week	to a rich farmer; in a terrible storm at sea; before property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in storm=Attribute

Option 3

To a miller who needed a strong donkey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 miller	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 miller	det
3	miller	miller	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 needed	nsubj
5	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 miller	acl:relcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 donkey	det
7	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 donkey	amod
8	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	past	a miller	a strong donkey					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot donkey=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To a farmer whose donkey had died the day before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 farmer	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 farmer	det
3	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	obl
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 donkey	nmod:poss
5	donkey	donkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 died	aux
7	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 died	obl:unmarked
10	before	before	ADV	_	7 died	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past · perfect	donkey				day	to a farmer; before property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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