--- title: What principal moral does the Talking Cricket convey to Pinocchio be… — Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking C… · tree and pragmatics description: What principal moral does the Talking Cricket convey to Pinocchio before his death? Exam question 4 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 pragmati --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1389-pg500-part2/e4/) [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, Pinocchio and the Talking C…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1389-pg500-part2/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio and the Talking Cricket, part 2: the… What principal moral does the Talking Cricket convey to Pinocchio before his death? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Talking Cricket, Cricket · **What happens:** convey, die · **To what, where:** Pinocchio This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e4:1 # text = What principal moral does the Talking Cricket convey to Pinocchio before his death? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obl _ _ 2 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 moral moral NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Talking talking NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Cricket cricket NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 convey convey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Pinocchio Pinocchio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 11 before before ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **convey** | present · do-support | the Talking Cricket | | Pinocchio | | before Cricket's death | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to pinocchio=Recipient | | 2 | **die** | | Cricket | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 {#o1} Disobedient children will suffer serious trouble later on in life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e4:o1:1 # text = Disobedient children will suffer serious trouble later on in life 1 Disobedient disobedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | future | Disobedient children | serious trouble | | life | | late *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trouble=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Lazy children will be punished ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e4:o2:1 # text = Lazy children will be punished 1 Lazy lazy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **punish** | future · passive | | Lazy children | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Disobedient children will suffer later ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e4:o3:1 # text = Disobedient children will suffer later 1 Disobedient disobedient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 suffer suffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 later late ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | future | Disobedient children | | | | | late *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} Children who run away from home end up in trouble ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1389-pg500-part2:e4:o4:1 # text = Children who run away from home end up in trouble 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 nsubj _ _ 3 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 acl:relcl _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 end end VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | present | Children | | | home | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from home=Trajectory | | 2 | **end up** | present | Children | | | | | in trouble *result* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in trouble=Result | **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. 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