Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 23: Pinocchio…

To which location does the protagonist direct his steps after conversing with the Tunny?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist · What happens: do, direct, converse, step · To what, where: steps

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1410 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 23: Pinocchio is swallowed by the Shark» 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 location	case
2	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	3 location	det
3	location	location	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 does	obl
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 protagonist	det
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 direct	nsubj
7	direct	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 does	ccomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 steps	nmod:poss
9	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 direct	obj
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	11 conversing	mark
11	conversing	converse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 direct	advcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 Tunny	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Tunny	det
14	Tunny	Tunny	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 conversing	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present			to which location	tree rules
2	direct	past	the protagonist	protagonist's steps		vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent step=Eventuality
3	converse speech: other	gerund	the protagonist not said here		with the Tunny	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with tunny=Co-Agent
4	step		protagonist			nom step «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer

Toward the faint light glowing in the distance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toward	toward	ADP	_	4 light	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
3	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 light	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 distance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 distance	det
8	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 glowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	gerund	the faint light not said here					in the distance	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in distance=Location

Option 2

Toward the dark tunnel behind him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toward	toward	ADP	_	4 tunnel	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tunnel	det
3	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tunnel	amod
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tunnel	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Toward the faint light glowing in the distance, deep inside the Shark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toward	toward	ADP	_	4 light	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 light	det
3	faint	faint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 light	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 distance	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 distance	det
8	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 glowing	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Shark	punct
10	deep	deep	ADV	_	13 Shark	advmod
11	inside	inside	ADP	_	13 Shark	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Shark	det
13	Shark	Shark	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 light	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	gerund	the faint light and the Shark not said here					in the distance	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in distance=Location

Option 4

Toward the rock where the goat stands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toward	toward	ADP	_	3 rock	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rock	det
3	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 stands	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 goat	det
6	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stands	nsubj
7	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 rock	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	the goat						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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