Exam question 4 · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr…

Explain why Dorothy resolved not to turn back, as the passage states at its opening.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Dorothy · What happens: explain, resolve, not turn back

This is exam question 4 of lesson 1589 «Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecrow who wants brains and joins her on the yellow brick road» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Explain	explain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 resolved	advmod
3	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 resolved	nsubj
4	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Explain	advcl
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 turn	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 turn	mark
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 resolved	ccomp
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 turn	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 states	punct
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 states	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 states	det
12	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 states	compound
13	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turn	obl
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 opening	case
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 opening	nmod:poss
16	opening	opening	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 states	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Explain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	explain speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	resolve	past	Dorothy		tree rules
3	not turn back	to-infinitive	Dorothy not said here	as the passage states at its opening	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

She feared the crows and the dark road ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crows	det
4	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 feared	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 road	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crows	conj
9	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 feared	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	She	the crows and the dark road				ahead property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crow=Stimulus

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

She wished to seek Oz's help for her return

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 seek	mark
4	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 help	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Oz	case
7	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seek	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 return	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 return	nmod:poss
10	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seek	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	seek not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	Oz's help	for Oz's return	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent help=Location for return=Theme
3	help		Oz			nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent
4	return		Oz			nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She wished to find the Scarecrow's brains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 find	mark
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Scarecrow	det
6	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 brains	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Scarecrow	case
8	brains	brain	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	She						vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	find not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the Scarecrow's brains					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Topic

Option 4

She wished to reach the Emerald City and see the great Wizard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wished	nsubj
2	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 reach	mark
4	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wished	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 City	det
6	Emerald	Emerald	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 City	compound
7	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 reach	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 see	cc
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 reach	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Wizard	det
11	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 Wizard	amod
12	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	past	She		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	reach not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the Emerald City	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent city=Theme
3	see	infinitive	She not said here	the great Wizard	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=Stimulus

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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