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title: In what manner did Geppetto appear once Pinocchio had become a real… — Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio… · tree and pragmatics
description: In what manner did Geppetto appear once Pinocchio had become a real boy? Exam question 3 of lesson 1413 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio: the Marionette becomes a real boy» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Exam question 3 · Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio: the Marionette bec…

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In what manner did Geppetto appear once Pinocchio had become a real boy?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Geppetto, Pinocchio · **What happens:** appear, become · **To what, where:** manner, real boy

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1413 «Pinocchio, The Adventures of Pinocchio: the Marionette becomes a real boy» 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/1413-pg500-part26/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1413-pg500-part26:e3:1
# text = In what manner did Geppetto appear once Pinocchio had become a real boy?
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	what	what	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	Geppetto	Geppetto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	Pinocchio	Pinocchio	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past · do-support | Geppetto |  |  | what manner |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in manner=Location |
| 2 | **become** | past · perfect | Pinocchio | a real boy |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 {#o1}

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He had grown many years younger overnight in the house.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1413-pg500-part26:e3:o1:1
# text = He had grown many years younger overnight in the house.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past · perfect | He |  |  | the house |  | overnight, young *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He had become a tall young man.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1413-pg500-part26:e3:o2:1
# text = He had become a tall young man.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	become	become	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past · perfect | He | a tall young man |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He had grown older every single day.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1413-pg500-part26:e3:o3:1
# text = He had grown older every single day.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | past · perfect | He |  |  |  | day | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He had grown years younger overnight.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1413-pg500-part26:e3:o4:1
# text = He had grown years younger overnight.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	younger	young	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | He |  |  |  |  | overnight, young *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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