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title: Which of the travellers is described as remaining motionless through… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discov… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the travellers is described as remaining motionless throughout the night in his chamber? Exam question 2 of lesson 1598 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 13: Dorothy meets the great Head and is given a hard task» of the books course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 2 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

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Which of the travellers is described as remaining motionless throughout the night in his chamber?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1598 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 13: Dorothy meets the great Head and is given a hard task» 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/1598-pg55-part13/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e2:1
# text = Which of the travellers is described as remaining motionless throughout the night in his chamber?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	obj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	remaining	remaining	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	motionless	motionless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
10	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present · passive |  |  |  | his chamber |  | of the travellers; motionless *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: which=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}

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The Tin Woodman, who lies still on his bed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e2:o1:1
# text = The Tin Woodman, who lies still on his bed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the Tin Woodman |  |  | Woodman's bed | still |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Scarecrow, who stands motionless in his chamber and gazes at a spider in complete silence all night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e2:o2:1
# text = The Scarecrow, who stands motionless in his chamber and gazes at a spider in complete silence all night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	motionless	motionless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	gazes	gaze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	complete	complete	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | the Scarecrow |  |  | his chamber |  | motionless *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chamber=Location |
| 2 | **gaze** | present | the Scarecrow *not said here* |  |  |  | night | in complete silence; at a spider | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at spider=Theme |

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

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The Scarecrow, who gazes at a spider in silence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e2:o3:1
# text = The Scarecrow, who gazes at a spider in silence
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gazes	gaze	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	spider	spider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **gaze** | present | the Scarecrow |  |  |  |  | in silence; at a spider | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at spider=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The Tin Woodman, who lies motionless on his bed throughout the night, checking his joints in silence and never sleeping at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e2:o4:1
# text = The Tin Woodman, who lies motionless on his bed throughout the night, checking his joints in silence and never sleeping at all
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	lies	lie	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	motionless	motionless	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
16	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	joints	joint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	silence	silence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
22	sleeping	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | present | the Tin Woodman |  |  | Woodman's bed | night | motionless *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location |
| 2 | **check** | gerund | the Tin Woodman *not said here* | Woodman's joints |  | silence |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joint=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **sleep** | gerund | the Tin Woodman *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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