Test 9 · ★ · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr…

Wait, the scarecrow walked into holes on purpose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, scarecrow · What happens: wait, walk · To what, where: holes

This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scarecrow	det
4	scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	nsubj
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 holes	case
7	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 purpose	case
9	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk	past	the scarecrow					into holes result; on purpose	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hole=Result

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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he wanted the holes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 holes	det
6	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the holes					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hole=Theme

Option 2

Yep, he was trying to trick Dorothy on purpose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 trying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 trying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 trying	aux
5	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 trick	mark
7	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 trying	xcomp
8	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 trick	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 purpose	case
10	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · progressive	he						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	trick not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	Dorothy		purpose			vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dorothy=Patient

Option 3

Yes, he walked into holes on purpose to play a game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walked	nsubj
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 holes	case
6	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walked	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 purpose	case
8	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 walked	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 play	mark
10	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 walked	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 game	det
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 play	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he					into holes result; on purpose	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hole=Result
2	play	to-infinitive	he not said here	a game					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, he just can't see well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	7 see	advmod
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 see	advmod
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	he					well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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