Exam question 3 · Oz, The Council with the Munchkins, part 2: Dorothy meets…

According to the Witch of the North, what is the status of witches in the Land of Oz?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Witch · What happens: accord, be · To what, where: status

This is exam question 3 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	According	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 Witch	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 According	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Witch	det
4	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 North	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 North	det
7	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Witch	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 status	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 status	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 status	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 status	det
12	status	status	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Witch	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 witches	case
14	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 status	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 Land	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Land	det
17	Land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 witches	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Oz	case
19	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Land	nmod
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Witch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	the Witch of the North and the status	the status				of witches in the Land of Oz	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 right answer

Four witches exist, and two of them are good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 witches	nummod
2	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exist	nsubj
3	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 good	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 good	cc
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 good	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 them	case
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 two	nmod
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 good	cop
10	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 exist	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	Four witches						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	two of witches					good property	tree rules

Option 2

Four witches exist, but none are good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 witches	nummod
2	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exist	nsubj
3	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 good	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 good	cc
6	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	8 good	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 good	cop
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 exist	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exist	present	Four witches						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	none					good property	tree rules

Option 3

Four witches exist in the land of Oz, and two of them are good and kind

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 witches	nummod
2	witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 exist	nsubj
3	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 land	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 land	det
6	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 exist	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Oz	case
8	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 land	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 good	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 good	cc
11	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 good	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 two	nmod
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 good	cop
15	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 exist	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 kind	cc
17	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 good	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	exist	present	Four witches	the land of Oz		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in land=Location
2	is	present	two of witches		good property	tree rules
3	be		two of witches not said here			tree rules

Option 4

Two are good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 good	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 good	cop
3	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Two					good property	tree rules

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