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title: what did Pinocchio wish for at the end? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: what did Pinocchio wish for at the end? Test 12 · ★ 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 the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Test 12 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 12: Pinocchio…

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what did Pinocchio wish for at the end?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Pinocchio · **What happens:** wish

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:t12:1
# text = what did Pinocchio wish for at the end?
1	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wish	wish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past · do-support | Pinocchio |  |  |  | for the end |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=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 {#o1}

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To turn into a fish so he could swim across the ocean to his dad, pls

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:t12:o1:1
# text = To turn into a fish so he could swim across the ocean to his dad, pls
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
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	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
17	pls	pls	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | into a fish *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fish=Result |
| 2 | **swim** | could | fish |  |  | the ocean |  | to fish's dad | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across ocean=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pigeon wings to fly to his dad, pls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:t12:o2:1
# text = Pigeon wings to fly to his dad, pls
1	Pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	fly	fly	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	pls	pls	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fly** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to his dad *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to dad=Result |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ride home to the village, pls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:t12:o3:1
# text = A ride home to the village, pls
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
8	pls	pls	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To be a real boy again so he could go home and hug Geppetto, pls

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1399-pg500-part12:t12:o4:1
# text = To be a real boy again so he could go home and hug Geppetto, pls
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
2	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	home	home	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	hug	hug	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
14	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	pls	pls	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a real boy |  |  | again |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | could | boy | a real boy *not said here* |  |  |  | home *property* | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=Theme |
| 3 | **hug** | infinitive | boy *not said here* | Geppetto |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent geppetto=Co-Agent |

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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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