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title: where did he chuck himself to hug her knees, like a drama queen? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: where did he chuck himself to hug her knees, like a drama queen? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1401 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio begs for pennies, refuses hard work, and is recognised by the Fairy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 12 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio…

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where did he chuck himself to hug her knees, like a drama queen?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he · **What happens:** chuck, hug · **To what, where:** himself, knees

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1401 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio begs for pennies, refuses hard work, and is recognised by the Fairy» 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/1401-pg500-part14/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t12:1
# text = where did he chuck himself to hug her knees, like a drama queen?
1	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	4	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	hug	hug	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	knees	knee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	drama	drama	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chuck** | past · do-support | he | himself *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hug** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | her knees |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knee=Co-Agent |

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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 cold stone floor by the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t12:o1:1
# text = on the cold stone floor by the door
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	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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on the floor

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t12:o2:1
# text = on the floor
1	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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at the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t12:o3:1
# text = at the door
1	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	door	door	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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down on the kitchen floor in tears

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t12:o4:1
# text = down on the kitchen floor in tears
1	down	down	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	floor	floor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	tears	tear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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