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description: To which location does the protagonist direct his steps after conversing with the Tunny? Exam question 1 of lesson 1410 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 23: Pinocchio is swallowed by the Shark» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the 
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# Exam question 1 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 23: Pinocchio…

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To which location does the protagonist direct his steps after conversing with the Tunny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** protagonist · **What happens:** do, direct, converse, step · **To what, where:** steps

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1410 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio, part 23: Pinocchio is swallowed by the Shark» 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/1410-pg500-part23/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1410-pg500-part23:e1:1
# text = To which location does the protagonist direct his steps after conversing with the Tunny?
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	location	location	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	direct	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	conversing	converse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	Tunny	Tunny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  |  |  |  |  | to which location | tree rules |
| 2 | **direct** | past | the protagonist | protagonist's steps |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent step=Eventuality |
| 3 | **converse** *speech: other* | gerund | the protagonist *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the Tunny | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with tunny=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **step** |  | protagonist |  |  |  |  |  | nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Toward the faint light glowing in the distance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1410-pg500-part23:e1:o1:1
# text = Toward the faint light glowing in the distance
1	Toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund | the faint light *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the distance | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in distance=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Toward the dark tunnel behind him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1410-pg500-part23:e1:o2:1
# text = Toward the dark tunnel behind him
1	Toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Toward the faint light glowing in the distance, deep inside the Shark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1410-pg500-part23:e1:o3:1
# text = Toward the faint light glowing in the distance, deep inside the Shark
1	Toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	faint	faint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	glowing	glow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	deep	deep	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Shark	Shark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | gerund | the faint light and the Shark *not said here* |  |  |  |  | in the distance | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in distance=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Toward the rock where the goat stands

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1410-pg500-part23:e1:o4:1
# text = Toward the rock where the goat stands
1	Toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	goat	goat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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

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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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