--- title: Ok but what was Uncle Henry doing when she showed up? — Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda… · tree and pragmatics description: Ok but what was Uncle Henry doing when she showed up? Test 10 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1611-pg55-part26/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1611-pg55-part26/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home… Ok but what was Uncle Henry doing when she showed up? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Uncle Henry, Henry · **What happens:** do, show up This is test 10 · ★ 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. 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/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:t10:1 # text = Ok but what was Uncle Henry doing when she showed up? 1 Ok ok INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ _ 2 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 3 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 Uncle Uncle PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 Henry Henry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 doing do VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · progressive | Uncle Henry | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 2 | **show up** | past | Henry | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} chopping the wood ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:t10:o1:1 # text = chopping the wood 1 chopping chop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **chop** | gerund | | the wood | | | | | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wood=Patient | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} milking the cows ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:t10:o2:1 # text = milking the cows 1 milking milk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **milk** | gerund | | the cows | | | | | vn cheat-10.6.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Source | ### Option 3 {#o3} mending fences ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:t10:o3:1 # text = mending fences 1 mending mending NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 fences fence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} plowing the field ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1611-pg55-part26:t10:o4:1 # text = plowing the field 1 plowing plow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **plow** | gerund | | the field | | | | | vn wipe\_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent field=Initial\_Location | **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. 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