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description: Upon what condition did the Fairy promise Pinocchio his transformation into a real boy? Exam question 3 of lesson 1405 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 18: Pinocchio is kept waiting, kicks the door, and is tempted away by Lamp-Wick» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 18: Pinocchio…

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Upon what condition did the Fairy promise Pinocchio his transformation into a real boy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** condition · **What happens:** do, transform · **To what, where:** Fairy promise

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1405 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 18: Pinocchio is kept waiting, kicks the door, and is tempted away by Lamp-Wick» 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/1405-pg500-part18/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1405-pg500-part18:e3:1
# text = Upon what condition did the Fairy promise Pinocchio his transformation into a real boy?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	promise	promise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	transformation	transformation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | condition | the Fairy promise  condition's transformation |  |  |  | into a real boy | tree rules |
| 2 | **transform** |  | condition |  |  |  |  |  | nom transformation «event transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Passing all his examinations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1405-pg500-part18:e3:o1:1
# text = Passing all his examinations
1	Passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	examinations	examination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  | his examinations |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme examination=Trajectory |
| 2 | **examine** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Studying every single night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1405-pg500-part18:e3:o2:1
# text = Studying every single night
1	Studying	study	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | gerund |  |  |  |  | night |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Passing all his examinations and being honest with everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1405-pg500-part18:e3:o3:1
# text = Passing all his examinations and being honest with everyone
1	Passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	examinations	examination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	cop	_	_
7	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  | his examinations |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme examination=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | gerund | Passing |  |  |  |  | with everyone; honest *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **examine** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Passing every single examination at the school with top marks and no complaints

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1405-pg500-part18:e3:o4:1
# text = Passing every single examination at the school with top marks and no complaints
1	Passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	_
3	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	marks	mark	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	complaints	complaint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | gerund |  | every single examination |  | the school |  | with top marks and no complaints | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent examination=Theme at school=Destination |

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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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