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title: By what means did Geppetto affix the newly fashioned feet to the Mar… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Geppetto affix the newly fashioned feet to the Marionette? Exam question 2 of lesson 1391 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 4: Pinocchio eats peels and cores, gets new feet, and chases the pipes» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and
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# Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 4: Pinocchio…

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By what means did Geppetto affix the newly fashioned feet to the Marionette?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Geppetto · **What happens:** mean, affix · **To what, where:** fashioned feet

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1391 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 4: Pinocchio eats peels and cores, gets new feet, and chases the pipes» 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/1391-pg500-part4/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1391-pg500-part4:e2:1
# text = By what means did Geppetto affix the newly fashioned feet to the Marionette?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	affix	affix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **affix** | past · do-support | Geppetto | the fashioned feet |  |  |  | to the Marionette | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to marionette=Co-Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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With strong glue warmed slowly in a metal cup over the stove

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1391-pg500-part4:e2:o1:1
# text = With strong glue warmed slowly in a metal cup over the stove
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	warmed	warm	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cup	cup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	stove	stove	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **warm** | past |  |  |  | a metal cup |  | with strong glue; over the stove; slowly *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with glue=Instrument |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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With paste spread across the wood

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1391-pg500-part4:e2:o2:1
# text = With paste spread across the wood
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	paste	paste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	spread	spread	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wood	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | participle |  | paste *not said here* |  | the wood |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across wood=Destination |

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

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With glue melted in an eggshell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1391-pg500-part4:e2:o3:1
# text = With glue melted in an eggshell
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	glue	glue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	melted	melt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	eggshell	eggshell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **melt** | participle |  | glue *not said here* |  | a eggshell |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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With string

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1391-pg500-part4:e2:o4:1
# text = With string
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	string	string	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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