Test 3 · ★ · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

Wait, why'd the Scarecrow just stand there all night?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Scarecrow · What happens: wait, stand

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1598 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 13: Dorothy meets the great Head and is given a hard task» 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	_	8 stand	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stand	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Scarecrow	det
6	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stand	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
8	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stand	advmod
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 night	det
11	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stand	obl:unmarked
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	stand	infinitive	the Scarecrow			there	night		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He couldn't rest lying down, so he stood watching a spider

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rest	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 rest	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 rest	advmod
4	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	lying	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 rest	xcomp
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 lying	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stood	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 stood	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stood	nsubj
10	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rest	conj
11	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stood	xcomp
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 spider	det
13	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 watching	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not rest	could	He			tree rules
2	lie down	gerund	He not said here		down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stand	past	he			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	watch	gerund	he not said here	a spider		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Theme

Option 2

He was scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					scared property	tree rules

Option 3

He wanted to watch the stars all night from the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 watch	mark
4	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stars	det
6	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 watch	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	obl:unmarked
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 window	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 window	det
11	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	watch not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the stars		the window	night		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent star=Theme

Option 4

He was too stiff to lie down, so he stood by the wall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stiff	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stiff	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 stiff	advmod
4	stiff	stiff	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 lie	mark
6	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stiff	xcomp
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 lie	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stood	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 stood	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stood	nsubj
11	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stiff	conj
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 wall	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wall	det
14	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stood	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	He	stiff property	tree rules
2	lie down	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stand	past	he	by the wall	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wall=Location

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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