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title: Upon what occasion were the prison doors of the City of Simple Simon… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon what occasion were the prison doors of the City of Simple Simons opened? Exam question 1 of lesson 1398 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 11: freed from prison, a Serpent blocks the road, caught by a Farmer» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 11: freed fro…

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Upon what occasion were the prison doors of the City of Simple Simons opened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** occasion · **What happens:** be, open · **To what, where:** prison doors

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1398 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 11: freed from prison, a Serpent blocks the road, caught by a Farmer» 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/1398-pg500-part11/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1398-pg500-part11:e1:1
# text = Upon what occasion were the prison doors of the City of Simple Simons opened?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Simple	Simple	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	Simons	Simons	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
14	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | occasion | the prison doors |  |  |  | of the City of Simple | tree rules |
| 2 | **open** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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In celebration of a great victory over an enemy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1398-pg500-part11:e1:o1:1
# text = In celebration of a great victory over an enemy
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** |  |  | a great victory over a enemy |  |  |  |  | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To celebrate the birth of a royal heir

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1398-pg500-part11:e1:o2:1
# text = To celebrate the birth of a royal heir
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	celebrate	celebrate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	birth	birth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	heir	heir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** | to-infinitive |  | the birth of a royal heir |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent birth=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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In celebration of a great victory over an enemy, with music, dancing, and grand feasts

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1398-pg500-part11:e1:o3:1
# text = In celebration of a great victory over an enemy, with music, dancing, and grand feasts
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	dancing	dancing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	grand	grand	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	feasts	feast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** |  |  | a great victory over a enemy |  |  |  |  | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In celebration of a great victory over an enemy army at the northern border

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1398-pg500-part11:e1:o4:1
# text = In celebration of a great victory over an enemy army at the northern border
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	celebration	celebration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	victory	victory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	northern	northern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **celebrate** |  |  | a great victory over a enemy army |  | the northern border |  |  | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient at=place |

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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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