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title: Which instrument did the Wicked Witch employ in order to summon her… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which instrument did the Wicked Witch employ in order to summon her wolves? Exam question 1 of lesson 1600 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West, part 15: wolves, crows and bees all fail, so the Witch reaches for her Golden Cap» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with 
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# Exam question 1 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West,…

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Which instrument did the Wicked Witch employ in order to summon her wolves?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** instrument · **What happens:** do, summon · **To what, where:** Wicked Witch employ, wolves

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1600 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West, part 15: wolves, crows and bees all fail, so the Witch reaches for her Golden Cap» 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/1600-pg55-part15/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e1:1
# text = Which instrument did the Wicked Witch employ in order to summon her wolves?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	instrument	instrument	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	7	det	_	_
5	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	employ	employ	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
9	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	fixed	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	summon	summon	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | which instrument | the Wicked Witch employ |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employ=Eventuality |
| 2 | **summon** | to-infinitive | which instrument *not said here* | instrument's wolves |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Recipient |

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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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A brass trumpet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e1:o1:1
# text = A brass trumpet
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	brass	brass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	trumpet	trumpet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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A silver whistle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e1:o2:1
# text = A silver whistle
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A small silver whistle hung on a golden chain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e1:o3:1
# text = A small silver whistle hung on a golden chain
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hang** | participle |  | a small silver whistle *not said here* |  | a golden chain |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on chain=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An ornate silver whistle set with jewels

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e1:o4:1
# text = An ornate silver whistle set with jewels
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	ornate	ornate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	set	set	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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

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