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title: bro why did Dorothy sew silk for three days, that's wild — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: bro why did Dorothy sew silk for three days, that's wild Test 2 · ★ 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 opti
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# Test 2 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
bro why did Dorothy sew silk for three days, that's wild

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dorothy, that · **What happens:** sew, be · **To what, where:** silk

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t2:1
# text = bro why did Dorothy sew silk for three days, that's wild
1	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	vocative	_	_
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sew	sew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl:relcl	_	_
6	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sew** | past · do-support | Dorothy | silk |  |  | day |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silk=Product |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | bro *vocative*; wild *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was bored in the palace and Oz asked for help, so she helped him finish the balloon

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t2:o1:1
# text = She was bored in the palace and Oz asked for help, so she helped him finish the balloon
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	bored	bore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bore** | past · passive |  | She |  | the palace |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Oz |  |  |  |  | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **help** | past | Oz | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 4 | **finish** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* | the balloon |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality balloon=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oz needed a big balloon to escape, so she helped sew the strips together

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t2:o2:1
# text = Oz needed a big balloon to escape, so she helped sew the strips together
1	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	sew	sew	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	strips	strip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	together	together	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | Oz | a big balloon |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot balloon=Theme |
| 2 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Oz *not said here* | a big balloon *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **help** | past | Oz |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 4 | **sew** | infinitive | Oz *not said here* | the strips |  |  |  | together *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strip=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wanted to make a new dress

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t2:o3:1
# text = She wanted to make a new dress
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a new dress |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset dress=Product |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oz needed the balloon, so she helped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t2:o4:1
# text = Oz needed the balloon, so she helped
1	Oz	Oz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	balloon	balloon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | past | Oz | the balloon |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot balloon=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | past | Oz |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

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