Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, part 24: Pinocchio find…

Which phrase best describes the state of the candle at the end of this part?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: phrase · What happens: describe · To what, where: state, end

This is exam question 4 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 phrase	det
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 describes	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 state	det
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 candle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 candle	det
9	candle	candle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 state	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 part	case
14	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 part	det
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 end	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	which phrase	the state of the candle			at the end of this part	well property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme

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

Brightly shining in the cupboard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Brightly	brightly	ADV	_	2 shining	advmod
2	shining	shine	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 cupboard	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cupboard	det
5	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shine	gerund				the cupboard		brightly property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cupboard=Location

Option 2

Lost in the Shark's throat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	6 throat	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Shark	det
4	Shark	Shark	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 throat	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Shark	case
6	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle				the Shark's throat			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in throat=Eventuality

Option 3

Hidden under the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	under	under	ADP	_	4 table	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 table	det
4	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	participle				the table			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under table=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nearly burnt out and the last

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	_	2 burnt	advmod
2	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 burnt	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 last	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 last	det
6	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 burnt	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	burnt out	participle						nearly 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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