Test 8 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Em…

Wait, were there any horses in the City, lowkey?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: there

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1597 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Emerald City and wear green spectacles» 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	_	1 Wait	punct
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 there	cop
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	1 Wait	obl
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 horses	det
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wait	parataxis
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 City	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 City	det
9	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 horses	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lowkey	punct
11	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 horses	conj
12	?	?	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	is a	past		there					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 · ✓ the right answer

No, the men pushed little green carts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 pushed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pushed	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pushed	nsubj
5	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 carts	amod
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 carts	amod
8	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pushed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the men	little green carts					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme

Option 2

Yes, there were horses in the stables at the back of the palace, but nobody ever rode them

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 were	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 were	expl
4	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 rode	parataxis
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 were	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 stables	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stables	det
8	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 horses	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 back	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 back	det
11	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stables	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 back	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 rode	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 rode	cc
17	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	19 rode	nsubj
18	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	19 rode	advmod
19	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
20	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 rode	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	past	horses in the stables at the back of the palace			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride	past	nobody	horses = horse			ever		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Not really, the horses stayed in stables

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	6 stayed	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 horses	det
5	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stayed	nsubj
6	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 stables	case
8	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	the horses			stables			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in stable=Location

Option 4

No, the men pushed little green carts because there were no horses anywhere in the City at all, not one

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 pushed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pushed	nsubj
5	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 carts	amod
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 carts	amod
8	carts	cart	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pushed	obj
9	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 were	mark
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 were	expl
11	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pushed	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 horses	det
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 were	nsubj
14	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	17 City	advmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 City	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 City	det
17	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 horses	nmod
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 City	nmod
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 one	punct
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 one	advmod
22	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the men	little green carts				one obl	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme
2	be	past	no horses in the City at all			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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