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title: What undertaking did Oz propose to Dorothy at the close of this pass… — The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the… · tree and pragmatics
description: What undertaking did Oz propose to Dorothy at the close of this passage? Exam question 2 of lesson 1605 «The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part 20: Oz confesses he is a humbug and shows how his tricks worked.» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Exam question 2 · The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part…

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What undertaking did Oz propose to Dorothy at the close of this passage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Oz · **What happens:** undertake, propose · **To what, where:** Dorothy, close

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1605 «The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part 20: Oz confesses he is a humbug and shows how his tricks worked.» 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/1605-pg55-part20/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1605-pg55-part20:e2:1
# text = What undertaking did Oz propose to Dorothy at the close of this passage?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	obj	_	_
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	propose	propose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	close	close	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **undertake** | gerund | Oz *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
| 2 | **propose** | past · do-support | Oz |  | Dorothy | the close of this passage |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to dorothy=Recipient |

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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 {#o1}

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To build a new balloon for Dorothy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1605-pg55-part20:e2:o1:1
# text = To build a new balloon for Dorothy
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	build	build	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **build** | to-infinitive |  | a new balloon |  |  |  | for Dorothy | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent balloon=Material for dorothy=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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To plan a way to get her over the sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1605-pg55-part20:e2:o2:1
# text = To plan a way to get her over the sand
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	plan	plan	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	over	over	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plan** | to-infinitive |  | a way |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | her *= she* |  | the sand |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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

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To devise a means of conveying her across the desert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1605-pg55-part20:e2:o3:1
# text = To devise a means of conveying her across the desert
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	devise	devise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	conveying	convey	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **devise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | a |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **convey** | gerund | a *not said here* | her *= she* |  | the desert |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To find a way home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1605-pg55-part20:e2:o4:1
# text = To find a way home
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a way |  |  |  | home *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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