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title: Identify the reason the wagon wheels produced no sound during the jo… — Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19:… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the reason the wagon wheels produced no sound during the journey as described in the passage. Exam question 2 of lesson 1406 «Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted, refuses, then climbs onto a donkey and hears a warning whisper» of the books course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 2 · Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted…

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Identify the reason the wagon wheels produced no sound during the journey as described in the passage.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, wagon wheels · **What happens:** identify, produce, describe · **To what, where:** reason, sound, passage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1406 «Pinocchio, The Land of Toys, part 19: Pinocchio is tempted, refuses, then climbs onto a donkey and hears a warning whisper» 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/1406-pg500-part19/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:e2:1
# text = Identify the reason the wagon wheels produced no sound during the journey as described in the passage.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wagon	wagon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	produced	produce	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	during	during	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	journey	journey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	advcl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **produce** | past | the wagon wheels | no sound |  |  | during the journey |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Result |
| 3 | **describe** | participle | the wagon wheels *not said here* |  |  | the passage |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: 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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The wheels had been fitted with iron rims

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:e2:o1:1
# text = The wheels had been fitted with iron rims
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	rims	rim	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wheels |  |  |  | with iron rims | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The wheels had been bound with straw and rags so that nobody on the road could hear them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:e2:o2:1
# text = The wheels had been bound with straw and rags so that nobody on the road could hear them
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rags	rag	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
10	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	17	nsubj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wheels |  |  |  | with straw | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with straw=Co-Patient |
| 2 | **rag** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **hear** | could | nobody | wheels *= wheel* |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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

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The wheels had been bound with straw and rags

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:e2:o3:1
# text = The wheels had been bound with straw and rags
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	bound	bind	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	straw	straw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rags	rag	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wheels |  |  |  | with straw and rags | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient with straw=Co-Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The wheels had been coated with thick grease

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1406-pg500-part19:e2:o4:1
# text = The wheels had been coated with thick grease
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	coated	coat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	grease	grease	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **coat** | past · perfect · passive |  | the wheels |  |  |  | with thick grease | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with grease=Theme |

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