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title: wait, who snuck food to the Lion every night? — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics
description: wait, who snuck food to the Lion every night? Test 9 · ★ 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch…

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wait, who snuck food to the Lion every night?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** wait, snuck · **To what, where:** food

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» of the books course of Mova's primary school. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t9:1
# text = wait, who snuck food to the Lion every night?
1	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	snuck	snuck	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **snuck** | past |  | food |  |  | night | to the Lion | tree rules |

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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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Dorothy did, creeping down the stairs after the Witch fell asleep in her room each night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t9:o1:1
# text = Dorothy did, creeping down the stairs after the Witch fell asleep in her room each night
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	creeping	creep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stairs	stair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dorothy |  |  |  | night |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **creep** | gerund | Dorothy *not said here* |  |  | the stairs |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down stair=Trajectory |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the Witch |  |  | Witch's room |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in room=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Dorothy did, sneaking down after the Witch fell asleep each night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t9:o2:1
# text = Dorothy did, sneaking down after the Witch fell asleep each night
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	sneaking	sneak	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	down	down	ADV	RB	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	det	_	_
12	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dorothy |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **sneak down** | gerund | Dorothy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **fall** | past | the Witch |  |  |  | night | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Toto did, after the Winkies went home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t9:o3:1
# text = Toto did, after the Winkies went home
1	Toto	Toto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Winkies	Winky	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Toto |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | past | the Winkies |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Dorothy did, after the Witch fell asleep

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1601-pg55-part16:t9:o4:1
# text = Dorothy did, after the Witch fell asleep
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Dorothy |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fall** | past | the Witch |  |  |  |  | asleep *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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