--- title: What was the concealed device, rendered invisible by magic, that the… — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the concealed device, rendered invisible by magic, that the Witch placed upon the kitchen floor? Exam question 4 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 q --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1601-pg55-part16/e4/) [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/) / [Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1601-pg55-part16/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch… What was the concealed device, rendered invisible by magic, that the Witch placed upon the kitchen floor? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Witch · **What happens:** conceal, be, render, place · **To what, where:** concealed device, kitchen floor This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e4:1 # text = What was the concealed device, rendered invisible by magic, that the Witch placed upon the kitchen floor? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 concealed conceal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 device device NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 rendered render VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 8 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 kitchen kitchen NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **conceal** | participle | | | | | | | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | | the concealed device | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **render** | participle | | the concealed device *not said here* | | | | by magic; invisible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **place** | past | the Witch | | | the kitchen floor | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon floor=Destination | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} An iron bar ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e4:o1:1 # text = An iron bar 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 iron iron NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 bar bar NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A hook ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e4:o2:1 # text = A hook 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 hook hook NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} A hidden wire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e4:o3:1 # text = A hidden wire 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wire wire NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A small trap ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:e4:o4:1 # text = A small trap 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 trap trap NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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