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title: Did Pinocchio tell the truth about the gold at the end? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Did Pinocchio tell the truth about the gold at the end? Test 14 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 14 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio…

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Did Pinocchio tell the truth about the gold at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pinocchio · **What happens:** tell · **To what, where:** truth, end · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★ 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. 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t14:1
# text = Did Pinocchio tell the truth about the gold at the end?
1	Did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · do-support | Pinocchio | the truth |  |  | at the end | about the gold | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient about gold=Topic |

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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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Yeah, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t14:o1:1
# text = Yeah, bro
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he told it straight at the end, so yes, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t14:o2:1
# text = Yeah, he told it straight at the end, so yes, bro
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | he |  | it |  | at the end |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient |

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

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Nah, he kept lying till it got stuck, so no, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t14:o3:1
# text = Nah, he kept lying till it got stuck, so no, bro
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	14	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lie** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get** | past | it |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, bro

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t14:o4:1
# text = Nah, bro
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	bro	bro	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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