Test 7 · ★ · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

Bruh, why did the courtiers just stand around?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: courtiers · What happens: stand around

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	8 stand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stand	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stand	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 courtiers	det
6	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stand	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
8	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	around	around	ADV	_	8 stand	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand around	past · do-support	the courtiers					around property	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

They were waiting for the Wizard's gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 waiting	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 waiting	aux
3	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	8 gift	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wizard	det
6	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gift	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Wizard	case
8	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	They					for the Wizard's gift	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	gift		the Wizard						nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

They wanted to ask Oz a question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 ask	mark
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 question	det
7	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	ask speech: ask not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	a question	Oz				tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They wanted a peek at Oz but never got one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 peek	det
4	peek	peek	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 Oz	case
6	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 got	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 got	advmod
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	a peek		Oz			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peek=Theme
2	not get	past	They not said here	one					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus

Option 4

They wanted a peek at Oz and to bring him gifts, but the guards always sent them home again

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 peek	det
4	peek	peek	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 Oz	case
6	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gifts	cc
8	to	to	PART	_	9 bring	mark
9	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 gifts	compound
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bring	obj
11	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 Oz	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sent	punct
13	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 sent	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 guards	det
15	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 sent	nsubj
16	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	17 sent	advmod
17	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sent	obj
19	home	home	ADV	_	17 sent	advmod
20	again	again	ADV	_	17 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	a peek		Oz and bring gifts			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot peek=Theme
2	bring	to-infinitive			him = he				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
3	send	past	the guards	gifts = gift			again	always, home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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