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title: Which action did the Scarecrow instruct the Cowardly Lion to perform… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which action did the Scarecrow instruct the Cowardly Lion to perform upon the soporific effect of the poppies? Exam question 1 of lesson 1595 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppies, the Woodman's axe, and the Queen of the Field Mice» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 1 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppie…

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Which action did the Scarecrow instruct the Cowardly Lion to perform upon the soporific effect of the poppies?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** action, Scarecrow · **What happens:** do, instruct, perform, effect · **To what, where:** Cowardly Lion, poppies

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1595 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppies, the Woodman's axe, and the Queen of the Field Mice» 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/1595-pg55-part10/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e1:1
# text = Which action did the Scarecrow instruct the Cowardly Lion to perform upon the soporific effect of the poppies?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	action	action	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	5	det	_	_
5	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	instruct	instruct	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Cowardly	Cowardly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	soporific	soporific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	poppies	poppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which action |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **instruct** *speech: other* | present | the Scarecrow |  | the Cowardly Lion |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient |
| 3 | **perform** | to-infinitive | the Scarecrow *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the soporific effect of the poppies | vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **effect** |  |  | the poppies |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=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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to run swiftly out of the flower bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e1:o1:1
# text = to run swiftly out of the flower bed
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the flower bed |  | swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bed=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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to hop quickly over the garden fence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e1:o2:1
# text = to hop quickly over the garden fence
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	hop	hop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fence	fence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hop** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the garden fence |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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to run swiftly out of the flower bed and never return to the poppies again

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e1:o3:1
# text = to run swiftly out of the flower bed and never return to the poppies again
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	return	return	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	poppies	poppy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
15	again	again	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the flower bed |  | swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bed=Trajectory |
| 2 | **not** **return** | infinitive |  |  |  |  | again | to the poppies *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to poppy=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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to run swiftly out of the flower bed toward the Emerald City road ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e1:o4:1
# text = to run swiftly out of the flower bed toward the Emerald City road ahead
1	to	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	toward	toward	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	Emerald	Emerald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
14	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the flower bed |  | toward the City road; ahead, swiftly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bed=Trajectory |

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