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title: Identify the character who is cruelly sold for the sum of four cents. — Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, p… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the character who is cruelly sold for the sum of four cents. Exam question 1 of lesson 1409 «Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, part 22: Pinocchio, lame and sold, is tossed into the sea and comes back a puppet.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pr
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# Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, part 22: Pinocchio, l…

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Identify the character who is cruelly sold for the sum of four cents.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, sell, sum · **To what, where:** character, four cents

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1409 «Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, part 22: Pinocchio, lame and sold, is tossed into the sea and comes back a puppet.» 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/1409-pg500-part22/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e1:1
# text = Identify the character who is cruelly sold for the sum of four cents.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	cruelly	cruelly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 character |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme |
| 2 | **sell** | present · passive |  | the character |  |  |  | for the sum of four cents; cruelly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme for sum=Asset |
| 3 | **sum** |  |  | four cents |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 Donkey, once the wooden boy who lied to everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e1:o1:1
# text = the Donkey, once the wooden boy who lied to everyone
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Donkey	donkey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	lied	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | past | the wooden boy |  |  |  |  | to everyone | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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the Manager's dog, Lampwick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e1:o2:1
# text = the Manager's dog, Lampwick
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Lampwick	Lampwick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

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

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the Donkey, formerly Pinocchio

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e1:o3:1
# text = the Donkey, formerly Pinocchio
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Donkey	Donkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Donkey, formerly Pinocchio, the naughty boy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e1:o4:1
# text = the Donkey, formerly Pinocchio, the naughty boy
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Donkey	Donkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	formerly	formerly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	naughty	naughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

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