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title: Which statement best describes the manner in which the dwelling came… — Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, pa… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which statement best describes the manner in which the dwelling came to rest upon the land? Exam question 1 of lesson 1587 «Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, part 2: Dorothy meets the Munchkins after the house lands on the Wicked Witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 1 · Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, part 2: Dorothy meets…

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Which statement best describes the manner in which the dwelling came to rest upon the land?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** statement, dwelling · **What happens:** describe, come, rest · **To what, where:** manner, land

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1587 «Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, part 2: Dorothy meets the Munchkins after the house lands on the Wicked Witch» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1587-pg55-part2/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e1:1
# text = Which statement best describes the manner in which the dwelling came to rest upon the land?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	best	well	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	2	advmod	_	_
4	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	rest	rest	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | which statement | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **come** | past | the dwelling |  |  | the manner |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rest** | to-infinitive | the dwelling *not said here* |  |  | the land |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon land=Location |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It was set down very gently, for a cyclone, on the green grass of the land

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e1:o1:1
# text = It was set down very gently, for a cyclone, on the green grass of the land
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set down** | past · passive |  | It |  | the green grass of the land |  | gently *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on grass=Destination |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It was set down very gently, for a cyclone, with no harm done at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e1:o2:1
# text = It was set down very gently, for a cyclone, with no harm done at all
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
15	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set down** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **do** | participle |  | no harm *not said here* |  | all |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was thrown down very roughly by wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e1:o3:1
# text = It was thrown down very roughly by wind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw down** | past · passive | wind | It |  |  |  | roughly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It was set down very gently, for a cyclone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e1:o4:1
# text = It was set down very gently, for a cyclone
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set down** | past · passive |  | It |  |  |  | gently *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result |

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