--- title: why'd the wizard make them wait so long? — Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible,… · tree and pragmatics description: why'd the wizard make them wait so long? Test 5 · ★ 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1604-pg55-part19/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard… why'd the wizard make them wait so long? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** wizard, them · **What happens:** make, wait · **To what, where:** them This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t5:1 # text = why'd the wizard make them wait so long? 1 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd 'd PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 wizard wizard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 5 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | infinitive | the wizard | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} he was scared of the Witch, lowkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t5:o1:1 # text = he was scared of the Witch, lowkey 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ 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 | he | | | | | of the Witch and lowkey; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} he was scared of the monkeys, lowkey, and also he was messing with the Scarecrow, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t5:o2:1 # text = he was scared of the monkeys, lowkey, and also he was messing with the Scarecrow, bro 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 lowkey lowkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 also also ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 messing mess VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 15 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Scarecrow scarecrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | of the monkeys and lowkey; scared *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **mess** | past · progressive | he | | | | | with the Scarecrow and bro | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} he was scared of the monkeys, lowkey ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t5:o3:1 # text = he was scared of the monkeys, lowkey 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 scared scared ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 monkeys monkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ 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 | he | | | | | of the monkeys and lowkey; scared *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} he was busy with his own stuff, bro ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1604-pg55-part19:t5:o4:1 # text = he was busy with his own stuff, bro 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 busy busy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 stuff stuff NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 vocative _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | he | | | | | with his own stuff; busy *property* | 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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