Exam question 2 · Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house i…

According to the passage, what was the immediate reason for Aunt Em's departure from the room?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: passage, Aunt · What happens: accord, be, depart · To what, where: immediate reason, room

This is exam question 2 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 passage	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 passage	det
4	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 reason	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 reason	det
9	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 reason	amod
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 passage	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	15 departure	case
12	Aunt	Aunt	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 departure	nmod:poss
13	Em	Em	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Aunt	flat
14	's	's	PART	_	12 Aunt	case
15	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reason	nmod
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 room	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 room	det
18	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reason	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 passage	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	the passage and the immediate reason	the immediate reason	the room	for Aunt's departure	tree rules
3	depart		Aunt				nom departure «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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

She had to milk the cows before the storm hit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 milk	mark
4	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cows	det
6	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	10 hit	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hit	det
9	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hit	compound
10	hit	hit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	She	milk			before the storm hit		tree rules

Option 2

She was badly frightened by the storm and rushed off to hide in the underground cellar with Toto

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	aux:pass
3	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 frightened	advmod
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 storm	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 storm	det
7	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frightened	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 rushed	cc
9	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	conj
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 rushed	compound:prt
11	to	to	PART	_	12 hide	mark
12	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rushed	advcl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 cellar	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cellar	det
15	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cellar	amod
16	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hide	obl
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 Toto	case
18	Toto	Toto	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 cellar	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive	the storm	She		badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	rush off	past	the storm not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hide	to-infinitive	the storm not said here		the underground cellar with Toto		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location

Option 3

She was badly frightened by the sudden noise and went to the sheds to see the animals safe

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	aux:pass
3	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 frightened	advmod
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 noise	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 noise	det
7	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 noise	amod
8	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 frightened	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 went	cc
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	conj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 sheds	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sheds	det
13	sheds	shed	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 went	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 see	mark
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 went	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 animals	det
17	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 see	obj
18	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 see	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive	the sudden noise	She		badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	go	past	the sudden noise not said here		the sheds		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to shed=Initial_Location
3	see	to-infinitive	the sudden noise not said here	the animals		safe property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer animal=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was badly frightened and sought shelter in the cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 frightened	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 frightened	aux:pass
3	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 frightened	advmod
4	frightened	frighten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sought	cc
6	sought	seek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 frightened	conj
7	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sought	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 cellar	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cellar	det
10	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	frighten	past · passive		She				badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	seek	participle		shelter		the cellar			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shelter=Theme in cellar=Location

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