Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, part 22: Pinocchio, l…
Describe the mechanism by which the Marionette reappears upon the water's surface.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Marionette · What happens: describe, reappear · To what, where: mechanism
This is exam question 4 of lesson 1409 «Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, part 22: Pinocchio, lame and sold, is tossed into the sea and comes back a puppet.» 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 | Describe | describe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mechanism | det |
| 3 | mechanism | mechanism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Describe | obj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 reappears | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Marionette | det |
| 7 | Marionette | Marionette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 reappears | nsubj |
| 8 | reappears | reappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mechanism | acl:relcl |
| 9 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 13 surface | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 water | det |
| 11 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 surface | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 water | case |
| 13 | surface | surface | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reappears | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Describe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | describe | imperative | you not said here | the mechanism | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent mechanism=Theme | ||||
| 2 | reappear | present | the Marionette | by the mechanism; upon the water's surface | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by which=Location |
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 rope was hauled from the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rope | det |
| 2 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hauled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hauled | aux:pass |
| 4 | hauled | haul | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 water | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hauled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | haul | past · passive | the rope | the water | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from water=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the rope was pulled from the cliff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rope | det |
| 2 | rope | rope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pulled | aux:pass |
| 4 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 cliff | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cliff | det |
| 7 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past · passive | the rope | the cliff | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from cliff=Initial_Location |
Option 3
the sea rose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rose | det |
| 2 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rose | compound |
| 3 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
by a boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | by | by | ADP | _ | 3 boat | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boat | det |
| 3 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 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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