--- title: What material did the travellers employ in constructing the vehicle… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: What material did the travellers employ in constructing the vehicle intended to transport the Lion? Exam question 4 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, with the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1595-pg55-part10/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1595-pg55-part10/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppie… What material did the travellers employ in constructing the vehicle intended to transport the Lion? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** material, travellers · **What happens:** do, employ, construct, intend, transport · **To what, where:** vehicle, Lion This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e4:1 # text = What material did the travellers employ in constructing the vehicle intended to transport the Lion? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 material material 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 travellers traveller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 employ employ VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 constructing construct VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 vehicle vehicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 intended intend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 transport transport VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | material | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **employ** | present | the travellers | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 3 | **construct** | gerund | | the vehicle | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vehicle=Result | | 4 | **intend** | past | the travellers *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **transport** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the travellers *not said here* | the Lion | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus lion=Experiencer | 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} iron rods and metal wire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e4:o1:1 # text = iron rods and metal wire 1 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 rods rod NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 metal metal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 wire wire NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} limbs and branches of trees that had fallen in the storm last night ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e4:o2:1 # text = limbs and branches of trees that had fallen in the storm last night 1 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | past · perfect | trees | | | the storm | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in storm=Location | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} limbs and branches of trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e4:o3:1 # text = limbs and branches of trees 1 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} limbs and branches of trees gathered from the forest near the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1595-pg55-part10:e4:o4:1 # text = limbs and branches of trees gathered from the forest near the road 1 limbs limb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 branches branch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 near near ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **gather** | participle | | limbs and branches of trees *not said here* | | the forest near the road | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from forest=Source | **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. 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