Exam question 1 · Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecr…

Which of the following statements, concerning the Scarecrow's wish to acquire intelligence, is accurate according to the passage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following statements, Scarecrow · What happens: follow, concern, acquire, be, accord, wish · To what, where: intelligence

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1589 «Oz, The Scarecrow, part 4: Dorothy meets a talking Scarecrow who wants brains and joins her on the yellow brick road» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 statements	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 accurate	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wish	punct
7	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 wish	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Scarecrow	det
9	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 wish	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Scarecrow	case
11	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 statements	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	13 acquire	mark
13	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 wish	acl
14	intelligence	intelligence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 acquire	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 statements	punct
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 accurate	cop
17	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 passage	case
19	to	to	ADP	_	18 according	fixed
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 passage	det
21	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 accurate	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	acquire	to-infinitive	the following statements not said here	intelligence		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset intelligence=Theme
4	is	present	the following statements		accord the passage; accurate property	tree rules
5	accord	gerund				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
6	wish		the Scarecrow			nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

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

He expects Oz to send him back to the cornfield soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 expects	nsubj
2	expects	expect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 expects	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 send	mark
5	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 expects	xcomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 send	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 send	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 cornfield	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cornfield	det
10	cornfield	cornfield	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 send	obl
11	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 send	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	present	He	Oz					tree rules
2	send back not said to happen	to-infinitive	Oz not said here	Oz		the cornfield		soon property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to cornfield=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He hopes Oz will grant him brains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hopes	nsubj
2	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 grant	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grant	aux
5	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hopes	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grant	obj
7	brains	brain	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	present	He						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	grant	future	Oz	brains	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal brain=Theme

Option 3

He wants to leave the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 leave	mark
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the field					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent field=Theme

Option 4

He hopes Oz will grant him courage

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hopes	nsubj
2	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 grant	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grant	aux
5	grant	grant	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hopes	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 grant	obj
7	courage	courage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grant	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	present	He						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	grant	future	Oz	courage	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal courage=Theme

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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