Test 5 · ★ · Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard…

why'd the wizard make them wait so long?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wizard, them · What happens: make, wait · To what, where: them

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1604 «Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard is found to be a little old man» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 make	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wizard	det
4	wizard	wizard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	obj
7	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 make	xcomp
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 wait	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	infinitive	the wizard	them = they					tree rules
2	wait	infinitive	them = they not said here					long property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

he was scared of the Witch, lowkey

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
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Witch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Witch	det
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 scared	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lowkey	punct
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Witch	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					of the Witch and lowkey; scared property	tree rules

Option 2

he was scared of the monkeys, lowkey, and also he was messing with the Scarecrow, bro

The tree, 16 words

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
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 monkeys	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkeys	det
6	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lowkey	punct
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 monkeys	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 messing	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 messing	cc
11	also	also	ADV	_	14 messing	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 messing	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 messing	aux
14	messing	mess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 scared	advcl
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 Scarecrow	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Scarecrow	det
17	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 messing	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 bro	punct
19	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 Scarecrow	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					of the monkeys and lowkey; scared property	tree rules
2	mess	past · progressive	he					with the Scarecrow and bro	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he was scared of the monkeys, lowkey

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
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 monkeys	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 monkeys	det
6	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 scared	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lowkey	punct
8	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 monkeys	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					of the monkeys and lowkey; scared property	tree rules

Option 4

he was busy with his own stuff, bro

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 busy	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 busy	cop
3	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 stuff	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 stuff	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stuff	amod
7	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 busy	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bro	punct
9	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stuff	vocative

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					with his own stuff; busy property	tree rules

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