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title: To which authority did the Marionette formally report the theft? — Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part… · tree and pragmatics
description: To which authority did the Marionette formally report the theft? Exam question 1 of lesson 1397 «Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is robbed of his gold and sent to prison» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is rob…

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To which authority did the Marionette formally report the theft?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do, report · **To what, where:** Marionette

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1397 «Pinocchio, The Field of Wonders, part 10: Pinocchio is robbed of his gold and sent to prison» 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/1397-pg500-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:e1:1
# text = To which authority did the Marionette formally report the theft?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
7	formally	formally	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	report	report	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	theft	theft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to which authority | tree rules |
| 2 | **report** | present |  | the Marionette |  |  |  | formally *property* | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Patient |

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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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The Mayor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = The Mayor
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Mayor	Mayor	PROPN	NNP	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}

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The Judge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = The Judge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Judge	judge	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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The magistrate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = The magistrate
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	magistrate	magistrate	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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The town constable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1397-pg500-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = The town constable
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	constable	constable	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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**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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