Test 1 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 5: the Scarecrow long…

yo did the scarecrow actually think crows were scared of him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, scarecrow, crows · What happens: do, think, be · To what, where: scarecrow · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1590 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 5: the Scarecrow longs for brains, and the Tin Woodman is freed from rust» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 scarecrow	det
4	scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 think	advmod
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 scarecrow	acl
7	crows	crow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 scared	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 scared	cop
9	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 think	ccomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scared	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	yo	the scarecrow		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scarecrow=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	infinitive	the scarecrow not said here		actually property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	crows		of him = he; scared property	tree rules

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

nah, they were never scared, they just flew over him to eat all the grain in the field

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 flew	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 flew	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 flew	advmod
10	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	conj
11	over	over	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 flew	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 eat	mark
14	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 flew	xcomp
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 grain	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 grain	det
17	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eat	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 field	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 field	det
20	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	past	they			scared property	tree rules
2	fly	past	they			over him = he	tree rules
3	eat	to-infinitive	they not said here	all grain	the field		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient

Option 2

yeah, they flew off but came back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flew	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 flew	compound:prt
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 came	cc
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flew	conj
8	back	back	ADV	_	7 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly off	past	they						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come back	past	they not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

nah, they laughed and ate the corn anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 laughed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 laughed	nsubj
4	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ate	cc
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 laughed	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 corn	det
8	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ate	obj
9	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 ate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	they						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	past	they not said here	the corn				anyway property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

nah, they weren't scared, they ate all the corn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ate	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 ate	nsubj
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	conj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 corn	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 corn	det
12	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	they					scared property	tree rules
2	eat	past	they	all corn					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient

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