--- title: Upon which foot did the Witch first stand when she began the invocat… — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon which foot did the Witch first stand when she began the invocation of the Golden Cap? Exam question 2 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 primar --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1600-pg55-part15/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1600-pg55-part15/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Wicked Witch of the West,… Upon which foot did the Witch first stand when she began the invocation of the Golden Cap? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** foot, Golden Cap · **What happens:** stand, begin, invoke · **To what, where:** invocation This is exam question 2 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/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e2:1 # text = Upon which foot did the Witch first stand when she began the invocation of the Golden Cap? 1 Upon upon SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 advmod _ _ 8 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 invocation invocation NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Cap Cap PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | past · do-support | | | | | | first *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **begin** | past | foot | the invocation of the Golden Cap | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invocation=Eventuality | | 3 | **invoke** | | the Golden Cap | | | | | | nom invocation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | 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} His left foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e2:o1:1 # text = His left foot 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Her foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e2:o2:1 # text = Her foot 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Her left foot ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e2:o3:1 # text = Her left foot 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Left ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1600-pg55-part15:e2:o4:1 # text = Left 1 Left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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