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title: why did the Lion want to join the group? — Oz, The Cowardly Lion, part 7: a Lion… · tree and pragmatics
description: why did the Lion want to join the group? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 1592 «Oz, The Cowardly Lion, part 7: a Lion attacks the travellers, is slapped, and joins them» 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 r
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# Test 11 · ★ · Oz, The Cowardly Lion, part 7: a Lion attacks the travelle…

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why did the Lion want to join the group?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Lion · **What happens:** do, want, join · **To what, where:** group

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1592 «Oz, The Cowardly Lion, part 7: a Lion attacks the travellers, is slapped, and joins them» 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/1592-pg55-part7/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1592-pg55-part7:t11:1
# text = why did the Lion want to join the group?
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	join	join	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | the Lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **join** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Lion *not said here* | the group |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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he wants Oz to give him courage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1592-pg55-part7:t11:o1:1
# text = he wants Oz to give him courage
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	courage	courage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he | Oz |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Oz *not said here* | courage | Oz |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient courage=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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he wants to see the Emerald City

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1592-pg55-part7:t11:o2:1
# text = he wants to see the Emerald City
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Emerald	Emerald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the Emerald City |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer city=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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he needs a friend to hunt with

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1592-pg55-part7:t11:o3:1
# text = he needs a friend to hunt with
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | he | a friend |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme |
| 2 | **hunt** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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he wants to be a friend to the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow and needs help walking

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1592-pg55-part7:t11:o4:1
# text = he wants to be a friend to the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow and needs help walking
1	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
16	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | a friend |  |  |  | to the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow | tree rules |
| 3 | **need** | present | he *not said here* | help walking |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot walking=Theme |

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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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