--- title: What was the principal reason the travelers were unable to locate th… — Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorot… · tree and pragmatics description: What was the principal reason the travelers were unable to locate the path to the Emerald City? Exam question 3 of lesson 1603 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and the Monkeys carry the travelers» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree an --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1603-pg55-part18/e3/) [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 18: Dorot…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1603-pg55-part18/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden… What was the principal reason the travelers were unable to locate the path to the Emerald City? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** travelers · **What happens:** be, locate · **To what, where:** principal reason, path This is exam question 3 of lesson 1603 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and the Monkeys carry the travelers» 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/1603-pg55-part18/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e3:1 # text = What was the principal reason the travelers were unable to locate the path to the Emerald City? 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 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 travelers traveler NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 unable unable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 locate locate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Emerald Emerald PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 City City PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the principal reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the travelers | the principal reason *not said here* | | | | unable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **locate** | to-infinitive | the travelers *not said here* | the path | | | | to the Emerald City | tree rules | 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} No road was visible ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e3:o1:1 # text = No road was visible 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 visible visible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | no road | | | | | visible *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They had no map to follow ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e3:o2:1 # text = They had no map to follow 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 map map NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | They | no map | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient | | 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | no map *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} They lost the yellow road in the thick fields ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e3:o3:1 # text = They lost the yellow road in the thick fields 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 thick thick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | They | the yellow road | | the thick fields | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Eventuality | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} They could not determine east from west at noon ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1603-pg55-part18:e3:o4:1 # text = They could not determine east from west at noon 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 determine determine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 east east ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 west west ADV RB _ 4 obl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 noon noon NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **determine** | could | They | | | | noon | east *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | **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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