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title: the lads were off their trolley, but what did they call him for bein… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: the lads were off their trolley, but what did they call him for being so clever? Test 13 · ★ 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 dependen
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# Test 13 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 14: Pinocchio…

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the lads were off their trolley, but what did they call him for being so clever?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lads · **What happens:** be, call · **To what, where:** trolley · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t13:1
# text = the lads were off their trolley, but what did they call him for being so clever?
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	trolley	trolley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	obj	_	_
10	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	call	call	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	_
13	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
16	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the lads |  |  |  |  | off lads's trolley | tree rules |
| 2 | **call** | past · do-support | lads *= lad* | lads's trolley |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme he=Result |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | clever *property* | tree rules |

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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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Dr. Clever Clogs from the village

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t13:o1:1
# text = Dr. Clever Clogs from the village
1	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Clever	Clever	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Clogs	clog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dr. Know-it-all the Marionette

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t13:o2:1
# text = Dr. Know-it-all the Marionette
1	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	Know	know	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | infinitive | Dr. | it |  |  |  | all Marionette *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Dr. Know-all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t13:o3:1
# text = Dr. Know-all
1	Dr.	Dr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	Know	know	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | infinitive | Dr. | all |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mr. Know-it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1401-pg500-part14:t13:o4:1
# text = Mr. Know-it
1	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Know	Know	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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