Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, part 24: Pinocchio find…

Which action does Pinocchio propose in order to escape the Shark?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: propose, escape · To what, where: Shark

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1411 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, part 24: Pinocchio finds Geppetto alive inside the Shark and they plan their escape» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 propose	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 propose	aux
4	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 propose	nsubj
5	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 escape	mark
7	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	to	to	PART	_	9 escape	mark
9	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 propose	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Shark	det
11	Shark	Shark	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 escape	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	propose	present · do-support	which action						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	escape	to-infinitive	which action not said here	the Shark					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shark=Initial_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 right answer

Carry his father on his shoulders while swimming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 father	nmod:poss
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 shoulders	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shoulders	nmod:poss
6	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Carry	obl
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	8 swimming	mark
8	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	his father		his shoulders			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent father=Theme

Option 2

Shout for help from the fishermen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	3 help	case
3	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 fishermen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fishermen	det
6	fishermen	fisherman	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Shout	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here			the fishermen		for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 3

Climb into the Shark's teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	6 teeth	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shark	det
4	Shark	Shark	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 teeth	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Shark	case
6	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Climb	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	imperative	you not said here			the Shark's teeth			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into tooth=Destination

Option 4

Wait until the Shark is awake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 awake	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shark	det
4	Shark	Shark	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 awake	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 awake	cop
6	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl

#	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	is	present	the Shark					awake property	tree rules

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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