Exam question 3 · Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house i…

Which object is described as having been grey in colour throughout the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe, have, be · To what, where: object, colour

This is exam question 3 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 object	det
2	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 described	aux:pass
4	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 grey	mark
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 grey	nsubj
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 grey	cop
8	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 described	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 colour	case
10	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 grey	obl
11	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 described	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive	which object		throughout the passage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme
2	have	gerund					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	participle		colour		grey property	tree rules

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 sky, the fields, and the old wooden barn walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sky	det
2	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 fields	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fields	det
5	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sky	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walls	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 walls	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 walls	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 walls	amod
10	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 walls	amod
11	barn	barn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walls	compound
12	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sky	conj

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

Option 2

The grass, the paint, the house, the fields, and even the animals in the sheds

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grass	det
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 paint	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 paint	det
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grass	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 house	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grass	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 fields	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fields	det
11	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grass	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 animals	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 animals	cc
14	even	even	ADV	_	16 animals	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 animals	det
16	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grass	conj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 sheds	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sheds	det
19	sheds	shed	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 animals	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The grass, the paint, and the house as a whole

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grass	det
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 paint	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 paint	det
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grass	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 house	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 house	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 house	det
9	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grass	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 whole	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 whole	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 house	nmod

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

Option 4

The grass, the paint, the house, and the sky above the entire prairie farm

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 grass	det
2	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 paint	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 paint	det
5	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grass	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 house	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grass	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sky	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sky	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sky	det
12	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grass	conj
13	above	above	ADP	_	17 farm	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 farm	det
15	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 farm	amod
16	prairie	prairie	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 farm	compound
17	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sky	nmod

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

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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