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title: Which substance did the Fairy introduce into the glass of water admi… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which substance did the Fairy introduce into the glass of water administered to the Marionette? Exam question 4 of lesson 1395 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 8: the Assassins hang him, and the Fairy saves him» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 8: the Assass…

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Which substance did the Fairy introduce into the glass of water administered to the Marionette?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** substance · **What happens:** introduce, administer · **To what, where:** glass, water

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1395 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 8: the Assassins hang him, and the Fairy saves him» 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/1395-pg500-part8/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1395-pg500-part8:e4:1
# text = Which substance did the Fairy introduce into the glass of water administered to the Marionette?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	substance	substance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	introduce	introduce	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **introduce** | past · do-support | which substance |  |  | the glass of water |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **administer** | participle |  | water *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 {#o1}

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A pinch of white powder from the golden bowl

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1395-pg500-part8:e4:o1:1
# text = A pinch of white powder from the golden bowl
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pinch	pinch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bowl	bowl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pinch** |  |  | white powder |  | the golden bowl |  |  | nom pinch «state transitive»: of=patient from=place |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A white paste

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1395-pg500-part8:e4:o2:1
# text = A white paste
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	paste	paste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A white powder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1395-pg500-part8:e4:o3:1
# text = A white powder
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A tiny white powder from a little paper packet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1395-pg500-part8:e4:o4:1
# text = A tiny white powder from a little paper packet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	powder	powder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	paper	paper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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