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title: Which condition of the Winkies was ended by Dorothy's actions within… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which condition of the Winkies was ended by Dorothy's actions within the Yellow Castle? Exam question 4 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 tree
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which condition of the Winkies was ended by Dorothy's actions within the Yellow Castle?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** actions, Dorothy · **What happens:** end, condition, act · **To what, where:** condition, Winkies

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e4:1
# text = Which condition of the Winkies was ended by Dorothy's actions within the Yellow Castle?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Winkies	Winky	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	ended	end	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
12	within	within	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	Castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | past · passive | Dorothy's actions within the Yellow Castle | which condition of the Winkies |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **condition** |  |  | the Winkies |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **act** |  | Dorothy |  |  |  |  | within the Yellow Castle | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent within=obl |

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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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Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West, which had lasted for many years

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e4:o1:1
# text = Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West, which had lasted for many years
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bondage	bondage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	lasted	last	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | past · perfect | Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West |  |  |  | year |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West and to her cruel yellow castle walls

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e4:o2:1
# text = Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West and to her cruel yellow castle walls
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bondage	bondage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
13	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e4:o3:1
# text = Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bondage	bondage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	West	West	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Their fear of the Witch and the cold nights

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:e4:o4:1
# text = Their fear of the Witch and the cold nights
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	fear	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fear** |  | Their *= they* | the Witch |  |  |  |  | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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