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title: Ngl, what was the dumbest part of the story? — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ngl, what was the dumbest part of the story? Test 4 · ★ 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 choic
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# Test 4 · ★ · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 21: the two b…

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Ngl, what was the dumbest part of the story?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ngl · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** dumbest part

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t4:1
# text = Ngl, what was the dumbest part of the story?
1	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	dumbest	dumb	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ngl | the dumbest part |  |  |  | of the story | tree rules |

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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}

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The donkeys eating hay happily

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t4:o1:1
# text = The donkeys eating hay happily
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	eating	eat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	happily	happily	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | gerund | the donkeys | hay |  |  |  | happily *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hay=Patient |

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

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The two boys braying like donkeys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t4:o2:1
# text = The two boys braying like donkeys
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	braying	bray	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	donkeys	donkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bray** | gerund | the two boys *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like donkeys | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The Land of Toys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t4:o3:1
# text = The Land of Toys
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Toys	toy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The boys sneaking off to school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1408-pg500-part21:t4:o4:1
# text = The boys sneaking off to school
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boys	boy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneak off** | gerund | the boys *not said here* |  |  | school |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to 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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