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title: What does the Scarecrow perceive upon entering the Throne Room, in c… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discov… · tree and pragmatics
description: What does the Scarecrow perceive upon entering the Throne Room, in contrast to his expectation? Exam question 4 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 4 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

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What does the Scarecrow perceive upon entering the Throne Room, in contrast to his expectation?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scarecrow, his · **What happens:** perceive, enter, expect · **To what, where:** Throne Room, contrast

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e4:1
# text = What does the Scarecrow perceive upon entering the Throne Room, in contrast to his expectation?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	perceive	perceive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	entering	enter	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Throne	Throne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Room	Room	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	contrast	contrast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	expectation	expectation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perceive** | present · do-support | the Scarecrow |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
| 2 | **enter** | gerund | the Scarecrow *not said here* |  | the Throne Room | contrast to his expectation |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme room=Destination |
| 3 | **expect** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom expectation «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 lovely Lady seated upon the emerald throne, wearing wings, jewels and a green gauze gown

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e4:o1:1
# text = A lovely Lady seated upon the emerald throne, wearing wings, jewels and a green gauze gown
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seated	seat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	emerald	emerald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
11	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
17	gauze	gauze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	gown	gown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | past | a lovely Lady |  |  |  |  | upon the emerald throne | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | a lovely Lady *not said here* | wings and jewels and a green gauze gown |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent wing=Source |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A lovely Lady seated upon the emerald throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e4:o2:1
# text = A lovely Lady seated upon the emerald throne
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Lady	Lady	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	seated	seat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	emerald	emerald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | past | a lovely Lady |  |  |  |  | upon the emerald throne | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A giant Head sitting on the throne

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e4:o3:1
# text = A giant Head sitting on the throne
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	giant	giant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	sitting	sit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sit** | gerund | a giant Head *not said here* |  |  | the throne |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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A terrible Head seated in a golden chair

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1598-pg55-part13:e4:o4:1
# text = A terrible Head seated in a golden chair
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	seated	seat	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	chair	chair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seat** | participle |  | a terrible Head *not said here* |  | a golden chair |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in chair=Location |

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