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title: Upon her arrival, what agricultural task was Aunt Em engaged in when… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda… · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon her arrival, what agricultural task was Aunt Em engaged in when she perceived her niece approaching? Exam question 3 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 of the
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# Exam question 3 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home…

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Upon her arrival, what agricultural task was Aunt Em engaged in when she perceived her niece approaching?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** arrival, Aunt, her · **What happens:** task, be, engage in, perceive, approach, arrive · **To what, where:** Aunt, niece

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e3:1
# text = Upon her arrival, what agricultural task was Aunt Em engaged in when she perceived her niece approaching?
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	arrival	arrival	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj	_	_
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	Aunt	Aunt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	Em	Em	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
11	engaged	engage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	perceived	perceive	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	niece	niece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	approaching	approach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **task** |  | her arrival |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | her arrival | Aunt |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **engage in** | past | Aunt |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **perceive** | past | Aunt | Aunt's niece |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer niece=Stimulus |
| 5 | **approach** | gerund | Aunt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **arrive** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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hoeing weeds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e3:o1:1
# text = hoeing weeds
1	hoeing	hoe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	weeds	weed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hoe** | gerund |  | weeds |  |  |  |  | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weed=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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washing the dishes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e3:o2:1
# text = washing the dishes
1	washing	wash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dishes	dish	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wash** | gerund |  | the dishes |  |  |  |  | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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watering the cabbages

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e3:o3:1
# text = watering the cabbages
1	watering	water	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **water** | gerund |  | the cabbages |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent cabbage=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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sweeping the porch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e3:o4:1
# text = sweeping the porch
1	sweeping	sweep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sweep** | gerund |  | the porch |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme porch=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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