Test 8 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, part 22: Pinocchio, l…

wait, what happened to his legs at the ring?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, happen · To what, where: ring

This is test 8 · ★ 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. 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 legs	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 legs	nmod:poss
7	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happened	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 ring	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ring	det
10	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 happened	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	happen	past				the ring		to his legs	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at ring=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

they bent, he slipped away

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 bent	nsubj
2	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 slipped	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 slipped	nsubj
5	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bent	conj
6	away	away	ADV	_	5 slipped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	past	they						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	slip away	past	he					away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

they got caught in the hoop, he crashed hard

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 caught	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 hoop	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hoop	det
6	hoop	hoop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caught	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 crashed	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 crashed	nsubj
9	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	conj
10	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 crashed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		they		the hoop			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	crash	past	he					hard property	vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

they got stuck, he fell

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fell	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fell	nsubj
6	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	they					stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	fall	past	he						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they got caught, he crashed

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 caught	nsubj:pass
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 caught	aux:pass
3	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 crashed	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 caught	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 crashed	nsubj
6	crashed	crash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past · passive		they					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	crash	past	he						vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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