---
title: so where'd Mastro Cherry get his nickname, was his nose lit or what? — Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1:… · tree and pragmatics
description: so where'd Mastro Cherry get his nickname, was his nose lit or what? Test 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 question and of 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1388-pg500-part1/t3/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1388-pg500-part1/) / t3

# Test 3 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1: a wood that talks, t…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
so where'd Mastro Cherry get his nickname, was his nose lit or what?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mastro · **What happens:** get, be, lit, nickname · **To what, where:** nickname, nose

<!-- .vabout -->
This is test 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. 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:t3:1
# text = so where'd Mastro Cherry get his nickname, was his nose lit or what?
1	so	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'd	'd	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Mastro	Mastro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	Cherry	Cherry	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	nickname	nickname	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
13	lit	lit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	acl	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | Mastro | Mastro's nickname |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nickname=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | past |  | Mastro's nose |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lit** | participle |  | Mastro's nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **nickname** |  | Mastro |  |  |  |  |  | nom nickname «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his nose was round and very red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:t3:o1:1
# text = his nose was round and very red
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his nose |  |  |  |  | round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | his nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his nose was round, red and shiny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:t3:o2:1
# text = his nose was round, red and shiny
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his nose |  |  |  |  | round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | his nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | his nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his nose was round, red and shiny from the cold winter air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:t3:o3:1
# text = his nose was round, red and shiny from the cold winter air
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his nose |  |  | the cold winter air |  | round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | his nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | his nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
his nose was round, red and shiny and everyone teased him for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1388-pg500-part1:t3:o4:1
# text = his nose was round, red and shiny and everyone teased him for it
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nose	nose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	11	nsubj	_	_
11	teased	tease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his nose |  |  |  |  | round *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | his nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | his nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **tease** | past | everyone | him *= he* |  |  |  | for nose | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1:…, test 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1388-pg500-part1/t2/)
- next →: [Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1:…, test 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1388-pg500-part1/t4/)
- ↑ back to [Pinocchio, The Piece of Wood, part 1: a wood that talks, two old men fight, a puppet is named](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1388-pg500-part1/)