--- title: Describe the mechanism by which the Marionette reappears upon the wa… — Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, p… · tree and pragmatics description: Describe the mechanism by which the Marionette reappears upon the water's surface. Exam question 4 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 dependenc --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1409-pg500-part22/e4/) [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 Little Circus Donkey, p…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1409-pg500-part22/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, The Little Circus Donkey, part 22: Pinocchio, l… Describe the mechanism by which the Marionette reappears upon the water's surface. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Marionette · **What happens:** describe, reappear · **To what, where:** mechanism This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e4:1 # text = Describe the mechanism by which the Marionette reappears upon the water's surface. 1 Describe describe VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mechanism mechanism NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Marionette Marionette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 reappears reappear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **describe** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mechanism | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent mechanism=Theme | | 2 | **reappear** | present | the Marionette | | | | | by the mechanism; upon the water's surface | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by which=Location | 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} the rope was hauled from the water ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e4:o1:1 # text = the rope was hauled from the water 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 hauled haul VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **haul** | past · passive | | the rope | | the water | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from water=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} the rope was pulled from the cliff ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e4:o2:1 # text = the rope was pulled from the cliff 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 pulled pull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cliff cliff NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pull** | past · passive | | the rope | | the cliff | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: subject=Theme from cliff=Initial\_Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} the sea rose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e4:o3:1 # text = the sea rose 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 rose rose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} by a boat ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1409-pg500-part22:e4:o4:1 # text = by a boat 1 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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