Exam question 1 · Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house i…

Which of the following statements correctly describes the position of the house at the close of the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, describe · To what, where: position, close

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1586 «Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house into the air» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 describes	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 describes	obl
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	7 describes	advmod
7	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 position	det
9	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 position	nmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 close	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 close	det
15	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 describes	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 passage	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 passage	det
18	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 close	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the position of the house		the close of the passage		of the following statements; correctly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent position=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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The house sits on the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	nsubj
3	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 ground	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ground	det
6	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sits	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	present	the house			the ground			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ground=Location

Option 2

The house is resting calmly on the flat prairie ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resting	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 resting	aux
4	resting	rest	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	4 resting	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	10 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
8	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ground	amod
9	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ground	compound
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 resting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present · progressive	the house			the flat prairie ground		calmly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on ground=Location

Option 3

The house is slowly sinking down into the grey soil below

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sinking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sinking	aux
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 sinking	advmod
5	sinking	sink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	down	down	ADV	_	5 sinking	advmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	10 soil	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soil	det
9	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 soil	amod
10	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sinking	obl
11	below	below	ADV	_	10 soil	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink down	present · progressive	the house			the grey soil		down, slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The house is carried high into the air by the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	aux:pass
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carried	xcomp
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 air	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 wind	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wind	det
11	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive	the wind	the house		the air		high property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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