Test 10 · ★ · The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part…

bro, Oz just used a balloon to get here, right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oz · What happens: use, get · To what, where: balloon

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1605 «The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part 20: Oz confesses he is a humbug and shows how his tricks worked.» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
3	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 used	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 used	advmod
5	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 balloon	det
7	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 get	mark
9	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	advcl
10	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 get	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	5 used	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	Oz	a balloon				bro vocative	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balloon=Patient
2	get	to-infinitive	Oz not said here			here			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Yes, a storm blew him here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 blew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 storm	det
4	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blew	nsubj
5	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blew	obj
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 blew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a storm	him = he		here			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, a balloon blew him here

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 blew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 balloon	det
4	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blew	nsubj
5	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 blew	obj
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 blew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a balloon	him = he		here			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Nope, he flew in a big kite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 flew	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flew	nsubj
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 kite	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kite	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kite	amod
8	kite	kite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	he			a big kite			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent in kite=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nope, he rode a magic horse across the desert from Kansas for many long days

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
6	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 horse	amod
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obj
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 desert	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 desert	det
10	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 Kansas	case
12	Kansas	Kansas	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 days	case
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 days	amod
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 days	amod
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	he	a magic horse		the desert	day	from Kansas	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme across desert=Trajectory

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