--- title: Wait, so how'd the Witch actually bite it? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1… · tree and pragmatics description: Wait, so how'd the Witch actually bite it? Test 2 · ★ 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 and pragmatics of the question and of each option --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/t2/) [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 Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 1…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1602-pg55-part17/) / t2 # Test 2 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the… Wait, so how'd the Witch actually bite it? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, Witch · **What happens:** wait, bite · **To what, where:** it This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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/#t2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:t2:1 # text = Wait, so how'd the Witch actually bite it? 1 Wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Witch Witch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 actually actually ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 bite bite VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **bite** | infinitive | the Witch | it | | | | actually *property* | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | 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} The Lion pushed her into the big fire pit ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:t2:o1:1 # text = The Lion pushed her into the big fire pit 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pushed push VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 pit pit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | past | the Lion | her *= she* | | the big fire pit | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into pit=Destination | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Dorothy tossed a pail of soap on the Witch ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:t2:o2:1 # text = Dorothy tossed a pail of soap on the Witch 1 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tossed toss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 pail pail NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 soap soap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **toss** | past | Dorothy | a pail of soap | | | | on the Witch | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pail=Theme on witch=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} The Scarecrow lit a match and the Witch just burned up in the courtyard fire ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:t2:o3:1 # text = The Scarecrow lit a match and the Witch just burned up in the courtyard fire 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Scarecrow scarecrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 lit light VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 just just ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 burned burn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **light** | past | the Scarecrow | a match | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Product | | 2 | **burn up** | past | the Witch | | | the courtyard fire | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fire=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Dorothy chucked a bucket of water on her ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1602-pg55-part17:t2:o4:1 # text = Dorothy chucked a bucket of water on her 1 Dorothy Dorothy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 chucked chuck VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bucket bucket NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chuck** | past | Dorothy | a bucket of water | | | | | tree rules | **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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