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title: What was the condition of the Tin Woodman's joints when Dorothy and… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 5… · tree and pragmatics
description: What was the condition of the Tin Woodman's joints when Dorothy and the Scarecrow found him? Exam question 4 of lesson 1590 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 5: the Scarecrow longs for brains, and the Tin Woodman is freed from rust» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 5: the Scarecrow long…

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What was the condition of the Tin Woodman's joints when Dorothy and the Scarecrow found him?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dorothy · **What happens:** be, find · **To what, where:** condition, him

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1590 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 5: the Scarecrow longs for brains, and the Tin Woodman is freed from rust» 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/1590-pg55-part5/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1590-pg55-part5:e4:1
# text = What was the condition of the Tin Woodman's joints when Dorothy and the Scarecrow found him?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	joints	joint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
11	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
12	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the condition |  |  |  | of the Tin Woodman's joints | tree rules |
| 2 | **find** | past | Dorothy and the Scarecrow | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Stiff and slightly bent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1590-pg55-part5:e4:o1:1
# text = Stiff and slightly bent
1	Stiff	stiff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	bent	bent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

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

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Rusted so badly he could not move

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1590-pg55-part5:e4:o2:1
# text = Rusted so badly he could not move
1	Rusted	rust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **move** | could | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Rusted so badly that he could not bend them even slightly at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1590-pg55-part5:e4:o3:1
# text = Rusted so badly that he could not bend them even slightly at all
1	Rusted	rust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	bend	bend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	slightly	slightly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rust** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | badly *property* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **bend** | could | he | them *= they* |  | all |  | slightly *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent they=Theme at all=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Oiled and rusted in parts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1590-pg55-part5:e4:o4:1
# text = Oiled and rusted in parts
1	Oiled	oil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rusted	rust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oil** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **rust** | participle |  |  |  | parts |  |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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