Test 12 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silve…

So why did everyone bow to Dorothy on the road?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone · What happens: bow · To what, where: Dorothy, road

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1588 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silver shoes and sets off down the yellow road to the Emerald City» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	5 bow	advmod
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 bow	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bow	aux
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 bow	nsubj
5	bow	bow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Dorothy	case
7	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 bow	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bow	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past · do-support	everyone		Dorothy	the road			vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to dorothy=Pivot

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

Option 1

They feared she had come to rule the land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 come	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 come	aux
5	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 feared	ccomp
6	to	to	PART	_	7 rule	mark
7	rule	rule	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 come	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 land	det
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rule	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	fear	past	They		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	come	past · perfect	she		tree rules
3	rule	to-infinitive	she not said here	the land	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They knew she had beaten the Wicked Witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 beaten	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 beaten	aux
5	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 knew	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Witch	det
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Witch	amod
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	They						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	beat	past · perfect	she	the Wicked Witch					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location witch=Theme

Option 3

They knew she had beaten the Wicked Witch and freed the Munchkins from her spell forever

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 beaten	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 beaten	aux
5	beaten	beat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 knew	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Witch	det
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Witch	amod
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 beaten	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 freed	cc
10	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 knew	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Munchkins	det
12	Munchkins	munchkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 freed	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 spell	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 spell	nmod:poss
15	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 freed	obl
16	forever	forever	ADV	_	10 freed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	past	They				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	beat	past · perfect	she	the Wicked Witch			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location witch=Theme
3	free	past	They not said here	the Munchkins	her spell	forever property	vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer munchkin=Source
4	spell		her = she				nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

They had heard she had come from the sky and wanted to see the magic shoes

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	aux
3	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 heard	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 sky	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sky	det
9	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wanted	cc
11	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wanted	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shoes	det
15	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 shoes	compound
16	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	They			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	come	past · perfect	she		the sky	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial_Location
3	want	past	They not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	the magic shoes		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shoe=Stimulus

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