--- title: how tall was the wall, be real — Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of… · tree and pragmatics description: how tall was the wall, be real Test 7 · ★ of lesson 1608 «Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 23: the fighting trees and a white china wall» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1608-pg55-part23/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1608-pg55-part23/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 23: the fig… how tall was the wall, be real **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tall wall · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** tall wall This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1608 «Wizard of Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 23: the fighting trees and a white china wall» 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/1608-pg55-part23/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1608-pg55-part23:t7:1 # text = how tall was the wall, be real 1 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 8 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the tall wall | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | infinitive | the tall wall | | | | | real *property* | tree rules | 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} higher than their heads and then some ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1608-pg55-part23:t7:o1:1 # text = higher than their heads and then some 1 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 conj _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} taller than the trees ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1608-pg55-part23:t7:o2:1 # text = taller than the trees 1 taller tall ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} so high they couldn't even see the top ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1608-pg55-part23:t7:o3:1 # text = so high they couldn't even see the top 1 so so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 6 even even ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **see** | could | they | the top | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer top=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} higher than their heads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1608-pg55-part23:t7:o4:1 # text = higher than their heads 1 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 2 than than ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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