Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio: the Marionette bec…

In what manner did Geppetto appear once Pinocchio had become a real boy?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Geppetto, Pinocchio · What happens: appear, become · To what, where: manner, real boy

This is exam question 3 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 manner	case
2	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	3 manner	det
3	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 appear	obl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 appear	aux
5	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 appear	nsubj
6	appear	appear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	once	once	SCONJ	_	10 become	mark
8	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 become	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 become	aux
10	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 appear	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 boy	det
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 boy	amod
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 become	xcomp
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 appear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	past · do-support	Geppetto			what manner			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location
2	become	past · perfect	Pinocchio	a real boy					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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

He had grown many years younger overnight in the house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 years	amod
5	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 younger	obl:unmarked
6	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 grown	xcomp
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	3 grown	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grown	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	He			the house		overnight, young property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He had become a tall young man.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
5	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
6	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	xcomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 become	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past · perfect	He	a tall young man					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He had grown older every single day.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grown	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 grown	xcomp
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 day	amod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grown	obl:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 grown	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past · perfect	He				day	old property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He had grown years younger overnight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 years	amod
4	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 younger	obl:unmarked
5	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 had	xcomp
6	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	2 had	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	He					overnight, young property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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