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title: Which phrase accurately characterises Geppetto's emotional state upo… — Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking C… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase accurately characterises Geppetto's emotional state upon his arrest? Exam question 3 of lesson 1389 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, part 2: the puppet runs off and the Cricket is killed» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, part 2: the…

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Which phrase accurately characterises Geppetto's emotional state upon his arrest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** characteris, arrest · **To what, where:** emotional state

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1389 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, part 2: the puppet runs off and the Cricket is killed» 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/1389-pg500-part2/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e3:1
# text = Which phrase accurately characterises Geppetto's emotional state upon his arrest?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	emotional	emotional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	arrest	arrest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **characteris** | present | which phrase | Geppetto's emotional state |  |  |  | upon phrase's arrest; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrest** |  | phrase |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrest «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

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He laughed and clapped happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = He laughed and clapped happily
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	clapped	clap	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **clap** | past | He *not said here* |  |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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He wept and wailed in deep sorrow for many hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = He wept and wailed in deep sorrow for many hours
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wailed	wail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wail** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | deep sorrow | hour |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sorrow=Location |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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He wept and wailed in sorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = He wept and wailed in sorrow
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wept	weep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	wailed	wail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **weep** | past | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wail** | past | He *not said here* |  |  | sorrow |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sorrow=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He was furious and cursed loudly at the crowd

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = He was furious and cursed loudly at the crowd
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	furious	furious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	cursed	curse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
6	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  |  |  | furious *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **curse** | participle | He *not said here* |  |  | the crowd |  | loudly *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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