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title: Which character was rendered unable to conceal his emotion by the so… — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which character was rendered unable to conceal his emotion by the sorrowful farewell, causing damage to his joints? Exam question 4 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 pragmat
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# Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home…

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Which character was rendered unable to conceal his emotion by the sorrowful farewell, causing damage to his joints?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** his · **What happens:** render, conceal, cause, emote · **To what, where:** character, emotion, damage

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e4:1
# text = Which character was rendered unable to conceal his emotion by the sorrowful farewell, causing damage to his joints?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	unable	unable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	conceal	conceal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	emotion	emotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	sorrowful	sorrowful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	farewell	farewell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	causing	cause	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
16	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	joints	joint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | past · passive |  | which character |  |  |  | unable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **conceal** | to-infinitive |  | his emotion |  |  |  | by the sorrowful farewell | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent emotion=Patient by farewell=Location |
| 3 | **cause** | gerund |  | damage |  |  |  | to his joints | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition damage=Patient |
| 4 | **emote** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom emotion «feeling transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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the Scarecrow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e4:o1:1
# text = the Scarecrow
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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the Tin Woodman

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e4:o2:1
# text = the Tin Woodman
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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the Wicked Witch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e4:o3:1
# text = the Wicked Witch
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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the Lion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:e4:o4:1
# text = the Lion
1	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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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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