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title: is Toto the real MVP or nah? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: is Toto the real MVP or nah? Test 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 the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…

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is Toto the real MVP or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Toto

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This is test 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. 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t4:1
# text = is Toto the real MVP or nah?
1	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
2	Toto	Toto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	MVP	mvp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Toto |  |  |  |  | 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}

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Nah, he ran into the crowd to bark at a kitten and almost got Dorothy left behind

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t4:o1:1
# text = Nah, he ran into the crowd to bark at a kitten and almost got Dorothy left behind
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	bark	bark	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | past | he |  |  |  |  | into the crowd *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into crowd=Result |
| 2 | **bark** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at a kitten | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at kitten=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | almost *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **leave behind** | past | Dorothy |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nah, he ran off to chase cats

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t4:o2:1
# text = Nah, he ran off to chase cats
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	off	off	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	chase	chase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **chase** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | cats |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Theme |

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

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Nah, he chased a kitten and almost got Dorothy left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t4:o3:1
# text = Nah, he chased a kitten and almost got Dorothy left
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kitten	kitten	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	almost	almost	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | he | a kitten |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | past | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | almost *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **leave** | past | Dorothy |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yeah, he found the Wizard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1607-pg55-part22:t4:o4:1
# text = Yeah, he found the Wizard
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | past | he | the Wizard |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wizard=Topic |

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