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title: Which of the following statements about the Quadling farmer's hospit… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements about the Quadling farmer's hospitality is accurate? Exam question 4 of lesson 1610 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills the spider monster, and the Winged Monkeys fly the friends over the Hammer-Heads' hill» of the books course of Mova's primary
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills th…

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Which of the following statements about the Quadling farmer's hospitality is accurate?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, be · **To what, where:** statements

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 1610 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills the spider monster, and the Winged Monkeys fly the friends over the Hammer-Heads' hill» 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/1610-pg55-part25/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements about the Quadling farmer's hospitality is accurate?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	csubj	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Quadling	Quadling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  | statements |  |  |  | about the Quadling farmer's hospitality | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent statement=Theme about hospitality=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | accurate *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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:e4:o1:1
# text = The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	travelers	traveler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | the farmer's wife | the travelers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The farmer's wife gave them a cold, meager snack

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:e4:o2:1
# text = The farmer's wife gave them a cold, meager snack
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	iobj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	meager	meager	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the farmer's wife | a cold meager snack | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient snack=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner, then gave them cake and a bed for the night

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:e4:o3:1
# text = The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner, then gave them cake and a bed for the night
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	served	serve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	travelers	traveler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	iobj	_	_
15	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	bed	bed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **serve** | past | the farmer's wife | the travelers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | past | the farmer's wife *not said here* | cake and a bed | travelers *= traveler* |  | then; night |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cake=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The farmer's wife chased the travelers off her land

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:e4:o4:1
# text = The farmer's wife chased the travelers off her land
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	chased	chase	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	travelers	traveler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **chase** | past | the farmer's wife | the travelers |  | wife's land |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent traveler=Theme off land=Trajectory |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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