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description: According to the Witch of the North, what is the status of witches in the Land of Oz? Exam question 3 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 dependency t
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# Exam question 3 · Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, part 2: Dorothy meets…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
According to the Witch of the North, what is the status of witches in the Land of Oz?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Witch · **What happens:** accord, be · **To what, where:** status

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e3:1
# text = According to the Witch of the North, what is the status of witches in the Land of Oz?
1	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	case	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	status	status	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the Witch of the North and the status | the status |  |  |  | of witches in the Land of Oz | tree rules |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four witches exist, and two of them are good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e3:o1:1
# text = Four witches exist, and two of them are good
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | Four witches |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | two of witches |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four witches exist, but none are good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e3:o2:1
# text = Four witches exist, but none are good
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | Four witches |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | none |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Four witches exist in the land of Oz, and two of them are good and kind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e3:o3:1
# text = Four witches exist in the land of Oz, and two of them are good and kind
1	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	witches	witch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nsubj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nmod	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
15	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	kind	kind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | Four witches |  |  | the land of Oz |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | two of witches |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | two of witches *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two are good

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1587-pg55-part2:e3:o4:1
# text = Two are good
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Two |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

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**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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