Exam question 1 · Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, part 2: Dorothy meets…

Which statement best describes the manner in which the dwelling came to rest upon the land?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: statement, dwelling · What happens: describe, come, rest · To what, where: manner, land

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1587 «Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, part 2: Dorothy meets the Munchkins after the house lands on the Wicked Witch» 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 statement	det
2	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	nsubj
3	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	2 statement	advmod
4	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 manner	det
6	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 describes	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 came	obl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwelling	det
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 manner	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 rest	mark
13	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 came	xcomp
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 land	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 land	det
16	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rest	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	describe	present	which statement	the manner		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	come	past	the dwelling		the manner	tree rules
3	rest	to-infinitive	the dwelling not said here		the land	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon land=Location

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

It was set down very gently, for a cyclone, on the green grass of the land

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 set	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	aux:pass
3	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 set	compound:prt
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 gently	advmod
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	3 set	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cyclone	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 cyclone	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cyclone	det
10	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 grass	punct
12	on	on	ADP	_	15 grass	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 grass	det
14	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 grass	amod
15	grass	grass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 land	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 land	det
18	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 grass	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set down	past · passive		It		the green grass of the land		gently property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on grass=Destination

Option 2

It was set down very gently, for a cyclone, with no harm done at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 set	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	aux:pass
3	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 set	compound:prt
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 gently	advmod
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	3 set	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cyclone	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 cyclone	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cyclone	det
10	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 harm	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 harm	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 harm	det
14	harm	harm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	conj
15	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 harm	acl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set down	past · passive		It				gently property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	do	participle		no harm not said here		all			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It was thrown down very roughly by wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrown	aux:pass
3	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 thrown	compound:prt
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 roughly	advmod
6	roughly	roughly	ADV	_	3 thrown	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 wind	case
8	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw down	past · passive	wind	It				roughly property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It was set down very gently, for a cyclone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 set	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 set	aux:pass
3	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	3 set	compound:prt
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 gently	advmod
6	gently	gently	ADV	_	3 set	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 cyclone	punct
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 cyclone	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cyclone	det
10	cyclone	cyclone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 set	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set down	past · passive		It				gently property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result

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