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title: By what means did the leader of the company determine that Dorothy w… — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did the leader of the company determine that Dorothy was protected from harm? Exam question 2 of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Exam question 2 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch…

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By what means did the leader of the company determine that Dorothy was protected from harm?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** leader · **What happens:** mean, determine, protect · **To what, where:** Dorothy

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» 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/1601-pg55-part16/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e2:1
# text = By what means did the leader of the company determine that Dorothy was protected from harm?
1	By	by	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	ccomp	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	harm	harm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **determine** | past · do-support | the leader of the company |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **protect** | past · passive |  | Dorothy |  |  |  | from harm | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from harm=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 {#o1}

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The kiss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e2:o1:1
# text = The kiss
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The sign of the Good Witch's gift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e2:o2:1
# text = The sign of the Good Witch's gift
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sign** |  |  | the Good Witch's gift |  |  |  |  | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **gift** |  | the Good Witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The mark of the Good Witch's kiss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e2:o3:1
# text = The mark of the Good Witch's kiss
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	kiss	kiss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mark** |  |  | the Good Witch's kiss |  |  |  |  | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **kiss** |  | the Good Witch |  |  |  |  |  | nom kiss «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A red mark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e2:o4:1
# text = A red mark
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	mark	mark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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