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title: Which of the following describes the immediate cause of the Director… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following describes the immediate cause of the Director's sneezing in the kitchen scene? Exam question 1 of lesson 1392 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio saves Harlequin from Fire Eater's fire» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tr
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# Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio…

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Which of the following describes the immediate cause of the Director's sneezing in the kitchen scene?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Director · **What happens:** follow, be, sneeze · **To what, where:** kitchen scene

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1392 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 5: Pinocchio saves Harlequin from Fire Eater's fire» 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/1392-pg500-part5/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e1:1
# text = Which of the following describes the immediate cause of the Director's sneezing in the kitchen scene?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
5	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Director	Director	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	scene	scene	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the immediate cause; of the Director's sneezing in the kitchen scene | tree rules |
| 3 | **sneeze** |  | the Director |  |  | the kitchen scene |  |  | nom sneezing «state intransitive»: poss=agent in=place |

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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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His sudden sorrow at hearing the Marionette's desperate plea for mercy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e1:o1:1
# text = His sudden sorrow at hearing the Marionette's desperate plea for mercy
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	desperate	desperate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	plea	plea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | gerund | His sudden sorrow *not said here* | the Marionette's desperate plea |  |  |  | for mercy | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer plea=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sorrow** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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His anger at the puppets for the noise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e1:o2:1
# text = His anger at the puppets for the noise
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	anger	anger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	puppets	puppet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **anger** |  | His *= he* |  |  | the puppets for the noise |  |  | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

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

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His sorrow at the Marionette's plea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e1:o3:1
# text = His sorrow at the Marionette's plea
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sorrow	sorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	plea	plea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sorrow** |  | His *= he* |  |  | the Marionette's plea |  |  | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent at=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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His sudden sneeze caused by the smoke from the kitchen fire and spit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1392-pg500-part5:e1:o4:1
# text = His sudden sneeze caused by the smoke from the kitchen fire and spit
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	smoke	smoke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	fire	fire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	spit	spit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle | His sudden sneeze |  |  | the kitchen fire and spit |  | by the smoke | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **sneeze** |  | His *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom sneeze «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

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