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title: Which room was assigned to Dorothy at the front of the Palace? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which room was assigned to Dorothy at the front of the Palace? Exam question 4 of lesson 1597 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Emerald City and wear green spectacles» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of 
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Em…

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Which room was assigned to Dorothy at the front of the Palace?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** assign · **To what, where:** room, Dorothy, front

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1597 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Emerald City and wear green spectacles» 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/1597-pg55-part12/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:e4:1
# text = Which room was assigned to Dorothy at the front of the Palace?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	assigned	assign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **assign** | past · passive |  | which room | Dorothy | the front of the Palace |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme to dorothy=Goal |

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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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A room with a green fountain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:e4:o1:1
# text = A room with a green fountain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A room at the front of the Palace with green silk sheets, a fountain, and a view over the City

<!-- fold The tree, 20 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:e4:o2:1
# text = A room at the front of the Palace with green silk sheets, a fountain, and a view over the City
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
20	over	over	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	City	City	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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A room with green silk sheets

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:e4:o3:1
# text = A room with green silk sheets
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	sheets	sheet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A large bright room with a green velvet bed and a tiny fountain of perfume in the middle

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:e4:o4:1
# text = A large bright room with a green velvet bed and a tiny fountain of perfume in the middle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	velvet	velvet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	tiny	tiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	perfume	perfume	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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