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title: With reference to the passage, what did the Rabbits intend to do whe… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: With reference to the passage, what did the Rabbits intend to do when they entered the chamber carrying the small black coffin? Exam question 2 of lesson 1396 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio drinks the medicine, tells three lies, and meets the Cat again» of the books cours
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# Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

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With reference to the passage, what did the Rabbits intend to do when they entered the chamber carrying the small black coffin?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** passage, Rabbits, chamber · **What happens:** do, intend, enter, carry · **To what, where:** Rabbits, chamber, small black coffin

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1396 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio drinks the medicine, tells three lies, and meets the Cat again» 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/1396-pg500-part9/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:e2:1
# text = With reference to the passage, what did the Rabbits intend to do when they entered the chamber carrying the small black coffin?
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reference	reference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	8	nsubj	_	_
8	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	intend	intend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
15	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	acl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
21	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	coffin	coffin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | the passage | the Rabbits |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Eventuality |
| 2 | **intend** | present |  |  |  |  |  | with reference to the passage | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **enter** | past | Rabbits *= rabbit* | the chamber |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chamber=Destination |
| 5 | **carry** | gerund | the chamber *not said here* | the small black coffin |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coffin=Theme |

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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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To carry Pinocchio out, because he had lied to them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:e2:o1:1
# text = To carry Pinocchio out, because he had lied to them
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	lied	lie	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry out** | to-infinitive |  | Pinocchio |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Eventuality |
| 2 | **lie** | past · perfect | Pinocchio |  | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To take Pinocchio away, since he had refused the medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:e2:o2:1
# text = To take Pinocchio away, since he had refused the medicine
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	refused	refuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take away** | to-infinitive |  | Pinocchio |  |  |  | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Theme |
| 2 | **refuse** | past · perfect | Pinocchio | the medicine |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To bring the medicine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:e2:o3:1
# text = To bring the medicine
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	bring	bring	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | to-infinitive |  | the medicine |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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To take him home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:e2:o4:1
# text = To take him home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | to-infinitive |  |  | him *= he* |  |  | home *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination |

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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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