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title: By what means of conveyance did the Marionette traverse the sky? — Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13:… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means of conveyance did the Marionette traverse the sky? Exam question 1 of lesson 1400 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13: Pinocchio flies to the shore, dives in to save Geppetto, and reaches the Land of the Busy Bees» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tre
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# Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13: Pinocchio flies to t…

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By what means of conveyance did the Marionette traverse the sky?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Marionette · **What happens:** mean, traverse · **To what, where:** sky

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1400 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13: Pinocchio flies to the shore, dives in to save Geppetto, and reaches the Land of the Busy Bees» 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/1400-pg500-part13/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e1:1
# text = By what means of conveyance did the Marionette traverse the sky?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	advcl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	conveyance	conveyance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	traverse	traverse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of conveyance | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **traverse** | past · do-support | the Marionette | the sky |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sky=Co-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 {#o1}

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on the back of a crow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e1:o1:1
# text = on the back of a crow
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crow	crow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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upon the back of a Pigeon

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e1:o2:1
# text = upon the back of a Pigeon
1	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by a kite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e1:o3:1
# text = by a kite
1	by	by	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	kite	kite	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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on a cloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e1:o4:1
# text = on a cloud
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cloud	cloud	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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