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title: What did the circus owner rock as his outfit? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: What did the circus owner rock as his outfit? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 1408 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two boys turn into donkeys and are sold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Test 10 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two b…

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What did the circus owner rock as his outfit?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** do · **To what, where:** owner rock

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1408 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two boys turn into donkeys and are sold» 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/1408-pg500-part21/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t10:1
# text = What did the circus owner rock as his outfit?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	circus	circus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	outfit	outfit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  | the owner rock |  |  |  | as his outfit | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Eventuality |

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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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A black velvet coat, white breeches, silver boots and a tall top hat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t10:o1:1
# text = A black velvet coat, white breeches, silver boots and a tall top hat
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	breeches	breech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	top	top	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A blue coat, gray trousers and shoes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t10:o2:1
# text = A blue coat, gray trousers and shoes
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	gray	gray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	trousers	trousers	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A black coat, white breeches and boots

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t10:o3:1
# text = A black coat, white breeches and boots
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	breeches	breech	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	appos	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A bright red coat with gold buttons, tall boots and a feathered cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t10:o4:1
# text = A bright red coat with gold buttons, tall boots and a feathered cap
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	buttons	button	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	boots	boot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	feathered	feathered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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

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