--- title: Identify the object which the Scarecrow designates as the sole sourc… — Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy mee… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the object which the Scarecrow designates as the sole source of his fear, as recorded in the passage. Exam question 2 of lesson 1589 «Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecrow who wants brains and joins her on the yellow brick road» of the books course of Mova's primary s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1589-pg55-part4/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy mee…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1589-pg55-part4/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr… Identify the object which the Scarecrow designates as the sole source of his fear, as recorded in the passage. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Scarecrow, his · **What happens:** identify, designate, record, fear · **To what, where:** object, passage This is exam question 2 of lesson 1589 «Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecrow who wants brains and joins her on the yellow brick road» 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/1589-pg55-part4/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e2:1 # text = Identify the object which the Scarecrow designates as the sole source of his fear, as recorded in the passage. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 obj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Scarecrow scarecrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 designates designate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 passage passage NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the object | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme | | 2 | **designate** | present | the Scarecrow | the object | | | | as the sole source of his fear | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent which=Theme as source=Attribute | | 3 | **record** | participle | the Scarecrow *not said here* | | | the passage | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in passage=Destination | | 4 | **fear** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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} Crows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e2:o1:1 # text = Crows 1 Crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Hungry black crows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e2:o2:1 # text = Hungry black crows 1 Hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Dark wet weather ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e2:o3:1 # text = Dark wet weather 1 Dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 2 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} A lighted match ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e2:o4:1 # text = A lighted match 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 amod _ _ 3 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **light** | participle | | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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