--- title: Wait, the scarecrow walked into holes on purpose? — Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy mee… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, the scarecrow walked into holes on purpose? Test 9 · ★ 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 question and --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1589-pg55-part4/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · ★ · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr… Wait, the scarecrow walked into holes on purpose? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, scarecrow · **What happens:** wait, walk · **To what, where:** holes This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t9:1 # text = Wait, the scarecrow walked into holes on purpose? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 scarecrow scarecrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 8 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | past | the scarecrow | | | | | into holes *result*; on purpose | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hole=Result | 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} Yeah, he wanted the holes ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t9:o1:1 # text = Yeah, he wanted the holes 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 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | he | the holes | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hole=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yep, he was trying to trick Dorothy on purpose ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t9:o2:1 # text = Yep, he was trying to trick Dorothy on purpose 1 Yep yep INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 trick trick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **try** | past · progressive | he | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **trick** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | Dorothy | | purpose | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dorothy=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, he walked into holes on purpose to play a game ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t9:o3:1 # text = Yes, he walked into holes on purpose to play a game 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 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 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 holes hole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past | he | | | | | into holes *result*; on purpose | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into hole=Result | | 2 | **play** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a game | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, he just can't see well ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1589-pg55-part4:t9:o4:1 # text = No, he just can't see well 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | can | he | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | **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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