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title: What reason did the Monkey King give for declining to convey Dorothy… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: What reason did the Monkey King give for declining to convey Dorothy to Kansas? Exam question 4 of lesson 1607 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in a balloon, and Dorothy is left behind» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…

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What reason did the Monkey King give for declining to convey Dorothy to Kansas?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** reason, Monkey King · **What happens:** do, give, decline, not convey · **To what, where:** Dorothy, Kansas

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1607 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in a balloon, and Dorothy is left behind» 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/1607-pg55-part22/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:e4:1
# text = What reason did the Monkey King give for declining to convey Dorothy to Kansas?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	declining	decline	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	convey	convey	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Kansas	Kansas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | reason |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | the Monkey King |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **decline** | gerund | the Monkey King *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **convey** | to-infinitive | the Monkey King *not said here* | Dorothy | Kansas |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dorothy=Topic to kansas=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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Because the Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone, and the Golden Cap can only be used once

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:e4:o1:1
# text = Because the Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone, and the Golden Cap can only be used once
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Winged	wing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	18	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **belong** | present | the Winged Monkeys |  |  |  |  | to that country; alone *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | can · passive |  | the Golden Cap |  |  |  | once *property* | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone and may never cross the desert

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:e4:o2:1
# text = The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone and may never cross the desert
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Winged	wing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **belong** | present | the Winged Monkeys |  |  |  |  | to that country; alone *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **cross** | may | the Winged Monkeys *not said here* | the desert |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:e4:o3:1
# text = The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Winged	wing	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	belong	belong	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wing** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **belong** | present | the Winged Monkeys |  |  |  |  | to that country; alone *property* | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They must guard the Golden Cap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:e4:o4:1
# text = They must guard the Golden Cap
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	Cap	Cap	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guard** | must | They |  | the Golden Cap |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Beneficiary |

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