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

Concerning the Witch of the East, which of the following statements is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Witch · What happens: concern, follow, be

This is exam question 2 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	Concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 accurate	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Witch	det
3	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 accurate	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 East	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 East	det
6	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Witch	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 accurate	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 accurate	nsubj
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 statements	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 statements	det
11	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 statements	amod
12	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 accurate	obl
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 accurate	cop
14	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	the Witch of the East	of the following statements; accurate 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

She had ruled the Quadlings with harsh rule for years

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	3 ruled	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ruled	aux
3	ruled	rule	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Quadlings	det
5	Quadlings	quadling	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ruled	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 rule	case
7	harsh	harsh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rule	amod
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Quadlings	nmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 years	case
10	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ruled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rule	past · perfect	She	the Quadlings			year	with harsh rule	vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quadling=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She had kept the Munchkins happy for many years

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	3 kept	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 kept	aux
3	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Munchkins	det
5	Munchkins	Munchkin	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obl:agent
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 Munchkins	amod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
8	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 years	amod
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · perfect	She				year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She freed the Munchkins from bondage

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 freed	nsubj
2	freed	free	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Munchkins	det
4	Munchkins	munchkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 freed	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 bondage	case
6	bondage	bondage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 freed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	free	past	She	the Munchkins		bondage			vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer munchkin=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She had held the Munchkins in bondage for years

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	3 held	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 held	aux
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Munchkins	det
5	Munchkins	munchkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 bondage	case
7	bondage	bondage	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 held	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past · perfect	She	the Munchkins		bondage	year		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent munchkin=Theme in bondage=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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