Exam question 4 · Oz, The Cyclone, part 1: a cyclone lifts Dorothy's house i…

Which expression in the passage refers to a small excavation serving as protection against storms?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: expression, small excavation · What happens: refer, serve

This is exam question 4 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 expression	det
2	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refers	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 passage	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 passage	det
5	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 expression	nmod
6	refers	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 excavation	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 excavation	det
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 excavation	amod
10	excavation	excavation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 refers	obl
11	serving	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 excavation	acl
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 protection	case
13	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 serving	obl
14	against	against	ADP	_	15 storms	case
15	storms	storm	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 serving	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 refers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	present	which expression in the passage					to a small excavation	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to excavation=Co-Theme
2	serve	gerund	a small excavation not said here					as protection; against storms	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as protection=Attribute

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 right answer

A cyclone cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cellar	det
2	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cellar	compound
3	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2

An underground hole with a ladder and a heavy trap door on top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hole	det
2	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hole	amod
3	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 ladder	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ladder	det
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hole	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 door	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 door	det
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 door	amod
10	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 door	compound
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hole	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 top	case
13	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hole	nmod

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

Option 3

A wooden bunker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 bunker	det
2	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bunker	amod
3	bunker	bunker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 4

A small underground room dug in the ground by the farm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 room	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 room	amod
3	underground	underground	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 room	amod
4	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 room	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dug	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 farm	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 farm	det
11	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dug	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	participle		a small underground room not said here		the ground		by the farm	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in ground=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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