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title: Which circumstance most plausibly accounts for the Marionette's cons… — Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which circumstance most plausibly accounts for the Marionette's consumption of chick-peas? Exam question 2 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 schoo
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# Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13: Pinocchio flies to t…

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Which circumstance most plausibly accounts for the Marionette's consumption of chick-peas?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Marionette · **What happens:** consume · **To what, where:** chick peas

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e2:1
# text = Which circumstance most plausibly accounts for the Marionette's consumption of chick-peas?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	plausibly	plausibly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	accounts	account	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	chick	chick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	peas	pea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** |  | the Marionette | chick peas |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «act transitive»: poss=agent 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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the intensity of his hunger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = the intensity of his hunger
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	intensity	intensity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunger** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the strength of his appetite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = the strength of his appetite
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	appetite	appetite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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his stomach was empty and the coop was full of food

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = his stomach was empty and the coop was full of food
1	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	stomach	stomach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	coop	coop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | his stomach |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the coop |  |  |  |  | of food; full *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the sheer intensity of his hunger after the long flight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = the sheer intensity of his hunger after the long flight
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sheer	sheer	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	intensity	intensity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	flight	flight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hunger** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom hunger «state intransitive»: poss=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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