--- title: Wait, so how'd they turn into donkeys? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so how'd they turn into donkeys? Test 2 · ★ 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 choice was --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1408-pg500-part21/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two b… Wait, so how'd they turn into donkeys? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, they · **What happens:** wait, turn This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t2:1 # text = Wait, so how'd they turn into donkeys? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd 'd PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 turn turn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 donkeys donkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **turn** | present | they | | | | | into donkeys *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into donkey=Result | 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} Some grumpy old wizard cast a spell ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t2:o1:1 # text = Some grumpy old wizard cast a spell 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 5 nsubj _ _ 2 grumpy grumpy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 wizard wizard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 cast cast NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They laughed so hard they fell and changed ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t2:o2:1 # text = They laughed so hard they fell and changed 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **laugh** | past | They | | | | | hard *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **fall** | past | they | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **change** | past | they *not said here* | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} They ate too much hay and got sick ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t2:o3:1 # text = They ate too much hay and got sick 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 hay hay NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **eat** | past | They | much hay | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Patient | | 2 | **get** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | sick *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 {#o4} They wished for it and the Little Man granted their wish right away ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t2:o4:1 # text = They wished for it and the Little Man granted their wish right away 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Man Man PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 granted grant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 right right ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | They | | | | | for it | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for it=Theme | | 2 | **grant** | past | the Little Man | their wish | | | | away *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent wish=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | | their *= they* | | | | | | nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent | **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. 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