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title: Notwithstanding his fear of the Shark, what course of action did the… — Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Notwithstanding his fear of the Shark, what course of action did the Marionette adopt? Exam question 4 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, w
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# Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio at Sea, part 13: Pinocchio flies to t…

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Notwithstanding his fear of the Shark, what course of action did the Marionette adopt?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Marionette, his · **What happens:** notwithstand, adopt, fear · **To what, where:** fear, Shark

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e4:1
# text = Notwithstanding his fear of the Shark, what course of action did the Marionette adopt?
1	Notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	csubj	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Shark	Shark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	adopt	adopt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notwithstand** | gerund |  | his fear of the Shark and what course of action |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **adopt** | past · do-support | the Marionette |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **fear** |  | his *= he* | the Shark |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling 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 {#o1}

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he ran away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = he ran away
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | past | he |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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he departed at a swift gait

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = he departed at a swift gait
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	swift	swift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	gait	gait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | past | he |  |  | a swift gait |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he hid behind a big rock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = he hid behind a big rock
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	hid	hide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | past | he |  |  | a big rock |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind rock=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he sailed toward the distant shore

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1400-pg500-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = he sailed toward the distant shore
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sailed	sail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sail** | past | he |  |  | the distant shore |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent toward shore=Trajectory |

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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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