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title: Was the Quadling country actually pretty, or nah? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 2… · tree and pragmatics
description: Was the Quadling country actually pretty, or nah? Test 9 · ★ 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, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Test 9 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills th…

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Was the Quadling country actually pretty, or nah?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** Quadling country

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This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:t9:1
# text = Was the Quadling country actually pretty, or nah?
1	Was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	Quadling	Quadling	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	pretty	pretty	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | the Quadling country |  |  |  | pretty *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 {#o1}

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Yeah, it had green fields, gold rivers, and bright red houses with white fences all around

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:t9:o1:1
# text = Yeah, it had green fields, gold rivers, and bright red houses with white fences all around
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	rivers	river	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	fences	fence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	around	around	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | it | green fields and gold rivers |  |  |  | around *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Nah, it looked dull with gray fields, dark houses, and a cold wind blowing across the land

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:t9:o2:1
# text = Nah, it looked dull with gray fields, dark houses, and a cold wind blowing across the land
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dull	dull	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gray	gray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
18	across	across	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | it |  |  |  |  | dull *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **blow** | gerund | a cold wind |  |  | the land |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, fields and bright red houses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:t9:o3:1
# text = Yeah, fields and bright red houses
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	houses	house	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nah, mostly dry dusty fields and old barns

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1610-pg55-part25:t9:o4:1
# text = Nah, mostly dry dusty fields and old barns
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	dusty	dusty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fields	field	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	barns	barn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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