Exam question 1 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silve…

Which object did the cap become when the little old woman counted?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object, cap, little old woman · What happens: do, become, count

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1588 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 3: Dorothy gets silver shoes and sets off down the yellow road to the Emerald City» 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	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cap	det
5	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 become	nsubj
6	become	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 counted	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woman	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 woman	amod
11	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 counted	nsubj
12	counted	count	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 become	advcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	do	past	which object	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	become	present	the cap	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
3	count	participle	the little old woman	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

A slate bearing a written message

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slate	det
2	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 slate	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 message	det
5	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 message	amod
6	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	a slate not said here	a written message					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Patient
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A leather book with a silver lock and a written note inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 book	det
2	leather	leather	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 book	compound
3	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 lock	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lock	det
6	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lock	amod
7	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 book	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 note	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 note	det
10	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 note	amod
11	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 book	conj
12	inside	inside	ADV	_	11 note	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

A slate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

Option 4

A slate bearing a long written message of advice and instructions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 slate	det
2	slate	slate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 slate	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 message	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 message	amod
6	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 message	amod
7	message	message	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bearing	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 advice	case
9	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 message	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 instructions	cc
11	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 advice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	a slate not said here	a long written message of advice and instructions					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Patient
2	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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