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title: how did the Shark's sneeze mess things up? — Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, par… · tree and pragmatics
description: how did the Shark's sneeze mess things up? Test 6 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of e
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# Test 6 · ★ · Pinocchio, Pinocchio in the Shark, part 24: Pinocchio find…

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how did the Shark's sneeze mess things up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sneeze, Shark · **What happens:** do, mess up, sneeze · **To what, where:** things

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This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:t6:1
# text = how did the Shark's sneeze mess things up?
1	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
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	sneeze	sneeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	mess	mess	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mess up** | present | the Shark's sneeze | things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sneeze** |  | the Shark |  |  |  |  |  | nom sneeze «state intransitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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They got bopped by a wave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:t6:o1:1
# text = They got bopped by a wave
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bopped	bop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wave	wave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bop** | past · passive | a wave | They |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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They got tossed back in his gut

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:t6:o2:1
# text = They got tossed back in his gut
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	tossed	toss	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	gut	gut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **toss back** | past · passive |  | They |  | his gut |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme in gut=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They got blasted out the sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:t6:o3:1
# text = They got blasted out the sea
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	blasted	blast	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blast out** | past · passive |  | They |  |  |  |  | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient sea=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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They got spit up in a cave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1411-pg500-part24:t6:o4:1
# text = They got spit up in a cave
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
3	spit	spit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cave	cave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | They *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **spit up** | present | They |  |  | a cave |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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