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title: What did the Pigeon report regarding the whereabouts and intentions… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the Pigeon report regarding the whereabouts and intentions of Geppetto? Exam question 4 of lesson 1399 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio outwits the Weasels, then grieves at the Fairy's grave and meets a Pigeon» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with th
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# Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio…

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What did the Pigeon report regarding the whereabouts and intentions of Geppetto?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** do, regard, intend · **To what, where:** Pigeon report, Geppetto

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1399 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio outwits the Weasels, then grieves at the Fairy's grave and meets a Pigeon» 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/1399-pg500-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:e4:1
# text = What did the Pigeon report regarding the whereabouts and intentions of Geppetto?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	report	report	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	regarding	regard	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	whereabouts	whereabouts	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	intentions	intention	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the Pigeon report |  |  |  | regard the whereabouts and intentions of Geppetto | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Eventuality |
| 2 | **regard** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **intend** |  |  | Geppetto |  |  |  |  | nom intention «cognition transitive»: of=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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That he had left the shore and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = That he had left the shore and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sail	sail	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme shore=Attribute |
| 2 | **sail** | would |  |  |  | the ocean |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory |
| 3 | **search** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for Pinocchio | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for pinocchio=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That he was still waiting on the shore and would search the village tomorrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = That he was still waiting on the shore and would search the village tomorrow
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	still	still	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | That |  |  | the shore | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on shore=Location |
| 2 | **search** | would | That *not said here* | the village |  |  | tomorrow |  | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent village=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That he had left the shore and would sail across the wide ocean to search for Pinocchio, though he was very sick

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = That he had left the shore and would sail across the wide ocean to search for Pinocchio, though he was very sick
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	sail	sail	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	across	across	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	very	very	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme shore=Attribute |
| 2 | **sail** | would |  |  |  | the wide ocean |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory |
| 3 | **search** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for Pinocchio | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for pinocchio=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | Pinocchio |  |  |  |  | sick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That he had left the shore, built a boat, and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio in the New World

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = That he had left the shore, built a boat, and would sail across the ocean to search for Pinocchio in the New World
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	built	build	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	sail	sail	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
15	across	across	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	ocean	ocean	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	search	search	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive |  | That |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme shore=Attribute |
| 2 | **build** | past |  | a boat |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset boat=Product |
| 3 | **sail** | would |  |  |  | the ocean |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across ocean=Trajectory |
| 4 | **search** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the New World |  | for Pinocchio | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for pinocchio=Theme in world=Location |

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