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title: Totally sick, what was the gate covered in? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Totally sick, what was the gate covered in? Test 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 each option; Mova's choi
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# Test 4 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Em…

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Totally sick, what was the gate covered in?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be, cover · **To what, where:** gate

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:t4:1
# text = Totally sick, what was the gate covered in?
1	Totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the gate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **cover** | participle |  | the gate *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Diamonds, very shiny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:t4:o1:1
# text = Diamonds, very shiny
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	very	very	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Diamonds and rubies, all sparkly, set into a huge pattern across the front of the tall gate

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:t4:o2:1
# text = Diamonds and rubies, all sparkly, set into a huge pattern across the front of the tall gate
1	Diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	rubies	ruby	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	sparkly	sparkly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	conj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	pattern	pattern	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	across	across	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  |  |  | a huge pattern |  | across the front of the tall gate | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Emeralds, all sparkly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:t4:o3:1
# text = Emeralds, all sparkly
1	Emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sparkly	sparkly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Emeralds, all sparkly and bright, set in rows along the top of the enormous iron gate

<!-- fold The tree, 16 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1597-pg55-part12:t4:o4:1
# text = Emeralds, all sparkly and bright, set in rows along the top of the enormous iron gate
1	Emeralds	emerald	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sparkly	sparkly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
11	along	along	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	enormous	enormous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	iron	iron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **set** | participle |  | Emeralds *not said here* |  | rows |  | along the top of the enormous iron gate | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in row=Destination |

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