Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio: the Marionette bec…

What did the Snail report concerning the health of the Fairy with Azure Hair?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Snail report · What happens: do, concern · To what, where: Snail report, health

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1413 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio: the Marionette becomes a real boy» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 report	det
4	Snail	snail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 report	compound
5	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 report	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 health	det
8	health	health	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concerning	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 Fairy	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fairy	det
11	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 health	nmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 Hair	case
13	Azure	Azure	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Hair	compound
14	Hair	Hair	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Fairy	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Snail report					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Eventuality
2	concern	gerund	the Snail report not said here	the health of the Fairy with Azure Hair					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus health=Experiencer

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

She was sleeping in a cottage.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sleeping	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sleeping	aux
3	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 cottage	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 cottage	det
6	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sleeping	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sleeping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	past · progressive	She			a cottage			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cottage=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She was lying ill in a hospital.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lying	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hospital	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hospital	det
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lying	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	She			a hospital		ill property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hospital=Location

Option 3

She was working in the village.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 working	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 working	aux
3	working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 village	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 village	det
6	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 working	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 working	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	past · progressive	She					in the village	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in village=Theme

Option 4

She was lying ill in a hospital far away.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lying	aux
3	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lying	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 hospital	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hospital	det
7	hospital	hospital	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lying	obl
8	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	3 lying	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past · progressive	She			a hospital		away, ill property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hospital=Location

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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