Exam question 1 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman te…

Which object did the Tin Woodman request be carried in Dorothy's basket, and for what stated reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: object · What happens: do, carry, state · To what, where: Woodman request, basket, reason

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1591 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman tells how he lost his body and heart» 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	7 request	det
5	Tin	Tin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Woodman	compound
6	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 request	compound
7	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	nsubj:pass
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 carried	aux:pass
9	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 did	parataxis
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 basket	case
11	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 basket	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Dorothy	case
13	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carried	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 stated	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 stated	cc
16	for	for	SCONJ	_	18 stated	mark
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 stated	nsubj
18	stated	state	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
19	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stated	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	do	past	which object			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	carry	infinitive · passive		the Woodman request	Dorothy's basket	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in basket=Location
3	state speech: other	past		reason		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent reason=Topic

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

His axe, for chopping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 axe	nmod:poss
2	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chopping	punct
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 chopping	case
5	chopping	chopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 axe	appos

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

Option 2

The bread, so he would not get hungry on the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bread	det
2	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 bread	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 get	advmod
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not get	would	the bread			the road		hungry property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on road=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The oil-can, in case he rusted again in the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 can	det
2	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 can	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 oil	punct
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 rusted	parataxis
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rusted	punct
6	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 rusted	mark
7	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 in	fixed
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 rusted	nsubj
9	rusted	rust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	again	again	ADV	_	9 rusted	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 rain	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rain	det
13	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rusted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rust	past	he			the rain	again		vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

The oil-can, to keep him oiled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 oil	det
2	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 keep	nsubj
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 oil	punct
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 keep	aux
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keep	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	7 keep	mark
7	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 keep	obj
9	oiled	oil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	can	the oil	him = he					tree rules
2	oil	participle	him = he not said here						vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent

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