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title: Lol, so the scarecrow has no brains, right? Like, none at all? — Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy mee… · tree and pragmatics
description: Lol, so the scarecrow has no brains, right? Like, none at all? Test 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, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the
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# Test 2 · ★ · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lol, so the scarecrow has no brains, right? Like, none at all?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** scarecrow · **What happens:** have · **To what, where:** brains

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This is test 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. 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lol, so the scarecrow has no brains, right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t2:1
# text = Lol, so the scarecrow has no brains, right?
1	Lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	brains	brain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	right	right	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the scarecrow | no brains |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Like, none at all?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t2:2
# text = Like, none at all?
1	Like	like	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Pretty much, he's dumb

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t2:o1:1
# text = Pretty much, he's dumb
1	Pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	dumb	dumb	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 | he |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
None at all, he's stuffed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t2:o2:1
# text = None at all, he's stuffed
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	stuffed	stuff	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stuff** | present · passive |  | he |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Way more than you'd think, he's actually super clever tbh

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t2:o3:1
# text = Way more than you'd think, he's actually super clever tbh
1	Way	Way	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
2	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	amod	_	_
3	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	super	super	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
13	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* | would | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Way |  |  |  |  | actually, clever, super, tbh *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nope, he has a tiny bit, like a crumb of brain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t2:o4:1
# text = Nope, he has a tiny bit, like a crumb of brain
1	Nope	nope	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	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	crumb	crumb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	brain	brain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | he | a tiny bit |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient |

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