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description: Which of the following accurately states the action taken by the Marionette upon the injury sustained by the boy named Eugene? Exam question 1 of lesson 1402 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 15: Pinocchio fights his schoolmates and a boy falls as if dead» of the books course of Mova's p
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# Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 15: Pinocchio…

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Which of the following accurately states the action taken by the Marionette upon the injury sustained by the boy named Eugene?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, state, take, sustain, name · **To what, where:** action, injury, boy

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1402 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 15: Pinocchio fights his schoolmates and a boy falls as if dead» 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/1402-pg500-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1402-pg500-part15:e1:1
# text = Which of the following accurately states the action taken by the Marionette upon the injury sustained by the boy named Eugene?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	states	state	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Marionette	Marionette	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
16	sustained	sustain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	acl	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:agent	_	_
20	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	Eugene	Eugene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | present |  | the action |  |  |  | accurately *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent action=Topic |
| 3 | **take** | participle |  | the action *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Marionette; upon the injury | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **sustain** | participle |  | the injury *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **name** | participle |  | the boy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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He gave the boy water to drink after the fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1402-pg500-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = He gave the boy water to drink after the fall
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	drink	drink	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | He | the boy water |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Theme |
| 2 | **drink** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* |  |  |  | after the fall |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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

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He bathed the boy's head with a damp handkerchief

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1402-pg500-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = He bathed the boy's head with a damp handkerchief
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bathed	bath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	damp	damp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	handkerchief	handkerchief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bath** | past | He | the boy's head |  |  |  | with a damp handkerchief | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He bathed the boy's head

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1402-pg500-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = He bathed the boy's head
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bathed	bath	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bath** | past | He | the boy's head |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He pressed a cold cloth on the boy's arm

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1402-pg500-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = He pressed a cold cloth on the boy's arm
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pressed	press	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | past | He | a cold cloth |  | the boy's arm |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cloth=Theme |

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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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