--- title: Why was Pinocchio being such a snitch about the gold? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics description: Why was Pinocchio being such a snitch about the gold? Test 4 · ★ 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 ques --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1396-pg500-part9/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1396-pg500-part9/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 9: Pinocchio… Why was Pinocchio being such a snitch about the gold? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pinocchio · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** snitch This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t4:1 # text = Why was Pinocchio being such a snitch about the gold? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 Pinocchio Pinocchio PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 5 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 7 det:predet _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 snitch snitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 ccomp _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | gerund | Pinocchio | such snitch | | | | about the gold | tree rules | 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} Cause he wanted the gold, bro, and he hid it so well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t4:o1:1 # text = Cause he wanted the gold, bro, and he hid it so well 1 Cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | Cause | the gold and bro | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme | | 2 | **hide** | past | Cause | bro | | | | well *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} He was just hungry, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t4:o2:1 # text = He was just hungry, bro 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | He | | | | | bro *vocative*; hungry *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cause he was bored, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t4:o3:1 # text = Cause he was bored, bro 1 Cause cause SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 bored bored ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | bored *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Cause he kept lying, bro, and every lie stretched his nose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1396-pg500-part9:t4:o4:1 # text = Cause he kept lying, bro, and every lie stretched his nose 1 Cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 lying lie VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 10 det _ _ 10 lie lie NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | past | Cause | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **lie** | gerund | Cause *not said here* | bro | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bro=Theme | | 3 | **stretch** | past | every lie | lie's nose | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent nose=Patient | **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. 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