--- title: Determine the sequence in which the Scarecrow's features were painte… — Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy mee… · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the sequence in which the Scarecrow's features were painted by the farmer, as described in the passage. Exam question 3 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 primar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1589-pg55-part4/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr… Determine the sequence in which the Scarecrow's features were painted by the farmer, as described in the passage. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, farmer, Scarecrow · **What happens:** determine, paint, describe, feature · **To what, where:** sequence, features, passage This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e3:1 # text = Determine the sequence in which the Scarecrow's features were painted by the farmer, as described in the passage. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Scarecrow Scarecrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 features feature NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 17 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 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 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sequence | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sequence=Topic | | 2 | **paint** | past · passive | the farmer | the Scarecrow's features | | the sequence | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in which=Destination | | 3 | **describe** | participle | the farmer *not said here* | | | the passage | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **feature** | | the Scarecrow | | | | | | nom feature «cognition 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 {#o1} Eyes first ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e3:o1:1 # text = Eyes first 1 Eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The ears were painted before the eyes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e3:o2:1 # text = The ears were painted before the eyes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past · passive | | the ears | | the eyes | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme before eye=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The eyes were painted before the ears ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e3:o3:1 # text = The eyes were painted before the ears 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 painted paint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 before before ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **paint** | past · passive | | the eyes | | the ears | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme before ear=Destination | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ears only ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e3:o4:1 # text = Ears only 1 Ears ear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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