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title: Explain why Dorothy resolved not to turn back, as the passage states… — Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy mee… · tree and pragmatics
description: Explain why Dorothy resolved not to turn back, as the passage states at its opening. Exam question 4 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, with the dependency
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr…

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Explain why Dorothy resolved not to turn back, as the passage states at its opening.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, Dorothy · **What happens:** explain, resolve, not turn back

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e4:1
# text = Explain why Dorothy resolved not to turn back, as the passage states at its opening.
1	Explain	explain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	resolved	resolve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	states	state	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	opening	opening	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **resolve** | past | Dorothy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **turn back** | to-infinitive | Dorothy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as the passage states at its opening | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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She feared the crows and the dark road ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e4:o1:1
# text = She feared the crows and the dark road ahead
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feared	fear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crows	crow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
9	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** | past | She | the crows and the dark road |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crow=Stimulus |

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

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She wished to seek Oz's help for her return

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e4:o2:1
# text = She wished to seek Oz's help for her return
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **seek** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | Oz's help |  |  |  | for Oz's return | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent help=Location for return=Theme |
| 3 | **help** |  | Oz |  |  |  |  |  | nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 4 | **return** |  | Oz |  |  |  |  |  | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She wished to find the Scarecrow's brains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e4:o3:1
# text = She wished to find the Scarecrow's brains
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **find** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the Scarecrow's brains |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She wished to reach the Emerald City and see the great Wizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:e4:o4:1
# text = She wished to reach the Emerald City and see the great Wizard
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Emerald	Emerald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wish** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the Emerald City |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent city=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | infinitive | She *not said here* | the great Wizard |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=Stimulus |

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