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title: wait, so the tin man got split in two? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, so the tin man got split in two? Test 11 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was
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# Test 11 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman te…

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wait, so the tin man got split in two?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, split · **To what, where:** tin man, two

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This is test 11 · ★ 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. 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t11:1
# text = wait, so the tin man got split in two?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	split	split	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **split** | past · passive |  | the tin man |  | two |  |  | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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nope, the tin was only scratched

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t11:o1:1
# text = nope, the tin was only scratched
1	nope	nope	INTJ	UH	_	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tin	tin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	scratched	scratch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scratch** | past · passive |  | the tin |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the axe cut right through him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t11:o2:1
# text = yep, the axe cut right through him
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | the axe |  |  |  |  | through him *= he*; right *property* | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent through he=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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yep, the sword got him bad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t11:o3:1
# text = yep, the sword got him bad
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | the sword | him *= he* |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
yep, the axe cut right through him at the waist and split him into two halves

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1591-pg55-part6:t11:o4:1
# text = yep, the axe cut right through him at the waist and split him into two halves
1	yep	yep	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	waist	waist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	split	split	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	halves	half	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past | the axe |  |  |  |  | through him *= he*; at the waist | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at waist=Patient |
| 2 | **split** | past | the axe *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  | into two halves *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient into half=Result |

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