Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two b…

What was the purpose of the training Pinocchio underwent under his master?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: purpose, training · What happens: be, undergo, purpose · To what, where: master

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 underwent	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 underwent	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 training	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 training	det
7	training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purpose	nmod
8	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 training	appos
9	underwent	undergo	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 master	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 master	nmod:poss
12	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 underwent	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 underwent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	is a	past			tree rules
2	undergo	past	the purpose of the training	purpose's master	tree rules
3	purpose		the training		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 · ✓ the right answer

To prepare him to perform dances and tricks for public audiences

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prepare	mark
2	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prepare	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 perform	mark
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 prepare	xcomp
6	dances	dance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 perform	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tricks	cc
8	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dances	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 audiences	case
10	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 audiences	amod
11	audiences	audience	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 perform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	to-infinitive		him = he					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme clause=Attribute
2	perform not said to happen	to-infinitive		dances and tricks				for public audiences	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dance=Theme for audience=Beneficiary

Option 2

To prepare him to carry heavy loads for the farmers' fields

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prepare	mark
2	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prepare	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 prepare	advcl
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 loads	amod
7	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 fields	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 farmers	det
10	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fields	nmod:poss
11	'	's	PART	_	10 farmers	case
12	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	to-infinitive		him = he					vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	carry	to-infinitive		heavy loads				for the farmers's fields	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 3

To prepare him to juggle, dance, and perform tricks for big audiences at fairs across the country

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prepare	mark
2	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prepare	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 juggle	mark
5	juggle	juggle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 prepare	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 dance	punct
7	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 juggle	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 perform	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 perform	cc
10	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 prepare	conj
11	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 perform	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 audiences	case
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 audiences	amod
14	audiences	audience	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 perform	obl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 fairs	case
16	fairs	fair	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 perform	obl
17	across	across	ADP	_	19 country	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 country	det
19	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 perform	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	prepare	to-infinitive	him = he			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme clause=Attribute
2	juggle not said to happen	to-infinitive				tree rules
3	dance	infinitive				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	perform	infinitive	tricks	fairs	for big audiences; across the country	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent trick=Theme for audience=Beneficiary

Option 4

To prepare him to perform dances and tricks for large public audiences in many towns

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 prepare	mark
2	prepare	prepare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 prepare	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 perform	mark
5	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 prepare	xcomp
6	dances	dance	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 perform	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tricks	cc
8	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dances	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 audiences	case
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 audiences	amod
11	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 audiences	amod
12	audiences	audience	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 perform	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 towns	case
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 towns	amod
15	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 audiences	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prepare	to-infinitive		him = he					vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme clause=Attribute
2	perform not said to happen	to-infinitive		dances and tricks				for large public audiences in many towns	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent dance=Theme for audience=Beneficiary

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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