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title: Lol, Toto barked at the birds, right? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, Toto barked at the birds, right? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 1588 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silver shoes and sets off down the yellow road to the Emerald City» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 5 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silve…

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Lol, Toto barked at the birds, right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Toto · **What happens:** bark

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1588 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silver shoes and sets off down the yellow road to the Emerald City» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1588-pg55-part3/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t5:1
# text = Lol, Toto barked at the birds, right?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	Toto	Toto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | Toto |  |  |  |  | at the birds | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at bird=Stimulus |

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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 {#o1}

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He barked at the cows in the field

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t5:o1:1
# text = He barked at the cows in the field
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cows	cow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | He |  |  | the field |  | at the cows | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at cow=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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He barked at birds in the trees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t5:o2:1
# text = He barked at birds in the trees
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | He |  |  | the trees |  | at birds | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at bird=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, he barked at a big grey wolf sitting under the old willow tree

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t5:o3:1
# text = Nah, he barked at a big grey wolf sitting under the old willow tree
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	under	under	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	willow	willow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | he |  |  |  |  | at a big grey wolf | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at wolf=Stimulus |
| 2 | **sit** | gerund | a big grey wolf *not said here* |  |  | the old willow tree |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, he barked at the birds and then chased a rabbit into the grass

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1588-pg55-part3:t5:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he barked at the birds and then chased a rabbit into the grass
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	barked	bark	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	10	advmod	_	_
10	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	into	into	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	grass	grass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bark** | past | he |  |  |  |  | at the birds | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at bird=Stimulus |
| 2 | **chase** | past | he *not said here* | a rabbit |  | the grass | then |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rabbit=Theme into grass=Trajectory |

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