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title: Bro, why did the Carabineers grab Pinocchio? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro, why did the Carabineers grab Pinocchio? Test 13 · ★ of lesson 1403 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 16: a chase, a rescued dog, and a net full of fish» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c
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# Test 13 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 16: a chase,…

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Bro, why did the Carabineers grab Pinocchio?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Carabineers · **What happens:** grab · **To what, where:** Pinocchio

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This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1403 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 16: a chase, a rescued dog, and a net full of fish» 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/1403-pg500-part16/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1403-pg500-part16:t13:1
# text = Bro, why did the Carabineers grab Pinocchio?
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Carabineers	Carabineer	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	grab	grab	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | past · do-support | the Carabineers | Pinocchio |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pinocchio=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had stolen a cap and was running away from the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1403-pg500-part16:t13:o1:1
# text = He had stolen a cap and was running away from the school
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	away	away	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | past · perfect | He | a cap |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location cap=Theme |
| 2 | **run away** | past · progressive | He *not said here* |  |  | the school |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from school=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was beside Eugene, who got hurt

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1403-pg500-part16:t13:o2:1
# text = He was beside Eugene, who got hurt
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Eugene	Eugene	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | He |  |  | Eugene |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | past · passive |  | Eugene |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was running from a big dog

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1403-pg500-part16:t13:o3:1
# text = He was running from a big dog
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past · progressive | He |  |  |  |  | from a big dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from dog=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He was spotted kicking a ball at the school gate today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1403-pg500-part16:t13:o4:1
# text = He was spotted kicking a ball at the school gate today
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	spotted	spot	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	kicking	kick	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spot** | past · passive |  | He |  |  | today |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **kick** | gerund |  | a ball |  | the school gate |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ball=Patient at gate=Location |

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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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