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title: What accomplishments was Geppetto's proposed Marionette required to… — Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: What accomplishments was Geppetto's proposed Marionette required to possess? Exam question 3 of lesson 1388 «Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1: a wood that talks, two old men fight, a puppet is named» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the que
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# Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1: a wood that talks, t…

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What accomplishments was Geppetto's proposed Marionette required to possess?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** accomplishments · **What happens:** propose, be, possess

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1388 «Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1: a wood that talks, two old men fight, a puppet is named» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1388-pg500-part1/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:e3:1
# text = What accomplishments was Geppetto's proposed Marionette required to possess?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	obj	_	_
2	accomplishments	accomplishment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	proposed	propose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	required	require	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	possess	possess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **propose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | past | accomplishments |  |  |  |  | require *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **possess** | to-infinitive | accomplishments *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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dancing, fencing and somersaults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:e3:o1:1
# text = dancing, fencing and somersaults
1	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fencing	fencing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	somersaults	somersault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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singing, fencing and wrestling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:e3:o2:1
# text = singing, fencing and wrestling
1	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fencing	fencing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wrestling	wrestling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund |  | fencing and wrestling |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location fencing=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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dancing, fencing and somersaults while carrying bread

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:e3:o3:1
# text = dancing, fencing and somersaults while carrying bread
1	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fencing	fencing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	somersaults	somersault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | gerund |  | bread |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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dancing, fencing, somersaults and speaking aloud to people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:e3:o4:1
# text = dancing, fencing, somersaults and speaking aloud to people
1	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fencing	fencing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	somersaults	somersault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	speaking	speak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | to people; aloud *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to people=Co-Agent |

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**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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