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title: By what means did Dorothy's footwear transport her from the desert t… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda… · tree and pragmatics
description: By what means did Dorothy's footwear transport her from the desert to the Kansas prairie within the narrative? Exam question 2 of lesson 1611 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home to Aunt Em» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o
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# Exam question 2 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home…

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By what means did Dorothy's footwear transport her from the desert to the Kansas prairie within the narrative?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** footwear · **What happens:** mean, transport · **To what, where:** Dorothy, desert · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 1611 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home to Aunt Em» 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/1611-pg55-part26/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e2:1
# text = By what means did Dorothy's footwear transport her from the desert to the Kansas prairie within the narrative?
1	By	by	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
5	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	footwear	footwear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	transport	transport	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	Kansas	Kansas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	prairie	prairie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	within	within	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	narrative	narrative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **transport** | past · do-support | Dorothy's footwear | Dorothy |  | the desert to the Kansas prairie |  | within the narrative | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent she=Theme from desert=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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three steps made in the wink of an eye

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e2:o1:1
# text = three steps made in the wink of an eye
1	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	wink	wink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | three steps *not said here* |  | the wink of a eye |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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by riding a magic wind for hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e2:o2:1
# text = by riding a magic wind for hours
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  | a magic wind |  |  | hour |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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by walking three long steps across the desert sand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e2:o3:1
# text = by walking three long steps across the desert sand
1	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
3	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
6	across	across	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	desert	desert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sand	sand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  | three long steps |  | the desert sand |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent step=Theme across sand=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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through the air on a golden cloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e2:o4:1
# text = through the air on a golden cloud
1	through	through	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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