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title: why'd the Lion say he's brave, he flexing or what — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: why'd the Lion say he's brave, he flexing or what Test 12 · ★ 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 the question and of each option; Mo
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# Test 12 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…

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why'd the Lion say he's brave, he flexing or what

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lion · **What happens:** say, be, flex · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ 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. 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/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t12:1
# text = why'd the Lion say he's brave, he flexing or what
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	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
6	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	flexing	flex	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the Lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | Lion |  |  |  |  | brave *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **flex** | gerund | Lion |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He says he's stronger than a bear

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t12:o1:1
# text = He says he's stronger than a bear
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	stronger	strong	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	ccomp	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bear	bear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | than a bear; strong *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, he's really scared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t12:o2:1
# text = Nah, he's really scared
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	scared	scared	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | scared *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He says he's as brave as any beast ever to walk the earth, no kidding

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t12:o3:1
# text = He says he's as brave as any beast ever to walk the earth, no kidding
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	earth	earth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	17	det	_	_
17	kidding	kidding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  | ever | as any beast; no kidding *obl*; brave *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **walk** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | the earth |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He says he's as brave as any beast ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t12:o4:1
# text = He says he's as brave as any beast ever
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	brave	brave	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	beast	beast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | as any beast; brave *property* | tree rules |

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