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title: Which material was used by the goldsmith in fashioning the new handl… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which material was used by the goldsmith in fashioning the new handle of the Woodman's axe? Exam question 3 of lesson 1602 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the Witch, frees the Winkies, and rescues her friends» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency 
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# Exam question 3 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the…

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Which material was used by the goldsmith in fashioning the new handle of the Woodman's axe?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** goldsmith · **What happens:** use, fashion · **To what, where:** material, new handle

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 1602 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the Witch, frees the Winkies, and rescues her friends» 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/1602-pg55-part17/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e3:1
# text = Which material was used by the goldsmith in fashioning the new handle of the Woodman's axe?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	material	material	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	fashioning	fashion	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	handle	handle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	's	PART	POS	_	15	case	_	_
17	axe	axe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | past · passive | the goldsmith | which material |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
| 2 | **fashion** | gerund | the goldsmith *not said here* | the new handle of the Woodman's axe |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handle=Product |

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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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Polished oak, fitted to the blade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e3:o1:1
# text = Polished oak, fitted to the blade
1	Polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	amod	_	_
2	oak	oak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **polish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fit** | participle |  | Polished oak *not said here* |  |  |  | to the blade *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent to blade=Goal |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Solid gold, fitted to the blade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e3:o2:1
# text = Solid gold, fitted to the blade
1	Solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | participle |  | Solid gold *not said here* |  |  |  | to the blade *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent to blade=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Solid gold, fitted to the blade by the Winkie goldsmiths carefully

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e3:o3:1
# text = Solid gold, fitted to the blade by the Winkie goldsmiths carefully
1	Solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	Winkie	Winkie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	goldsmiths	goldsmith	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
12	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | participle · passive | the Winkie goldsmiths | Solid gold |  |  |  | to the blade *goal*; carefully *property* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient to blade=Goal |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Solid gold, fitted to the blade and polished bright by the castle goldsmith's hands

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e3:o4:1
# text = Solid gold, fitted to the blade and polished bright by the castle goldsmith's hands
1	Solid	solid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	fitted	fit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	polished	polish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
10	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	goldsmith	goldsmith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | participle · passive |  | Solid gold |  |  |  | to the blade *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Patient to blade=Goal |
| 2 | **polish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the castle goldsmith's hands; bright *property* | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent |

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