--- title: was the little man like, scared? — Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible,… · tree and pragmatics description: was the little man like, scared? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 1604 «Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard is found to be a little old man» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1604-pg55-part19/t12/) [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 Discovery of Oz the Terrible,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1604-pg55-part19/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard… was the little man like, scared? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** little man This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1604 «Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard is found to be a little old man» 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/1604-pg55-part19/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t12:1 # text = was the little man like, scared? 1 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the little man | | | | like scared | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} nah, his voice was steady, lowkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t12:o1:1 # text = nah, his voice was steady, lowkey 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 steady steady ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | his voice | | | | | steady *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} yeah, lowkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t12:o2:1 # text = yeah, lowkey 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} nah, not at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t12:o3:1 # text = nah, not at all 1 nah nah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} yeah, his voice was shaking, lowkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t12:o4:1 # text = yeah, his voice was shaking, lowkey 1 yeah yeah INTJ UH _ 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 shaking shake VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shake** | past · progressive | his voice | | | | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | **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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