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title: Which object did the Tin Woodman request be carried in Dorothy's bas… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which object did the Tin Woodman request be carried in Dorothy's basket, and for what stated reason? Exam question 1 of lesson 1591 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an
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# Exam question 1 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman te…

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Which object did the Tin Woodman request be carried in Dorothy's basket, and for what stated reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** object · **What happens:** do, carry, state · **To what, where:** Woodman request, basket, reason

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1591 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart» 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/1591-pg55-part6/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:e1:1
# text = Which object did the Tin Woodman request be carried in Dorothy's basket, and for what stated reason?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
18	stated	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
19	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which object |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **carry** | infinitive · passive |  | the Woodman request |  | Dorothy's basket |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in basket=Location |
| 3 | **state** *speech: other* | past |  | reason |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=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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His axe, for chopping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:e1:o1:1
# text = His axe, for chopping
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	chopping	chopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bread, so he would not get hungry on the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:e1:o2:1
# text = The bread, so he would not get hungry on the road
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **get** | would | the bread |  |  | the road |  | hungry *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on road=Source |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The oil-can, in case he rusted again in the rain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:e1:o3:1
# text = The oil-can, in case he rusted again in the rain
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	fixed	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rusted	rust	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	again	again	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rust** | past | he |  |  | the rain | again |  | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The oil-can, to keep him oiled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:e1:o4:1
# text = The oil-can, to keep him oiled
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	oiled	oil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | can | the oil | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **oil** | participle | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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