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title: Which phrase best describes the state of the candle at the end of th… — Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which phrase best describes the state of the candle at the end of this part? Exam question 4 of lesson 1411 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, part 24: Pinocchio finds Geppetto alive inside the Shark and they plan their escape» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 4 · Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, part 24: Pinocchio find…

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Which phrase best describes the state of the candle at the end of this part?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** phrase · **What happens:** describe · **To what, where:** state, end

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1411 «Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, part 24: Pinocchio finds Geppetto alive inside the Shark and they plan their escape» 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/1411-pg500-part24/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:e4:1
# text = Which phrase best describes the state of the candle at the end of this part?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	phrase	phrase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	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	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	candle	candle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which phrase | the state of the candle |  |  | at the end of this part | well *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent state=Theme |

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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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Brightly shining in the cupboard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:e4:o1:1
# text = Brightly shining in the cupboard
1	Brightly	brightly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  | the cupboard |  | brightly *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cupboard=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lost in the Shark's throat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:e4:o2:1
# text = Lost in the Shark's throat
1	Lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Shark	Shark	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	throat	throat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  | the Shark's throat |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in throat=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hidden under the table

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:e4:o3:1
# text = Hidden under the table
1	Hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | participle |  |  |  | the table |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under table=Location |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Nearly burnt out and the last

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:e4:o4:1
# text = Nearly burnt out and the last
1	Nearly	nearly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	burnt	burnt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **burnt out** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | nearly *property* | tree rules |

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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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