Exam question 2 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman te…

What was the principal cause of the Tin Woodman's mutilation, as recounted by himself?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tin Woodman · What happens: be, recount, mutilate · To what, where: principal cause

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 cause	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cause	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 cause	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cause	amod
5	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	11 mutilation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Woodman	det
8	Tin	Tin	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Woodman	compound
9	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mutilation	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Woodman	case
11	mutilation	mutilation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cause	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 recounted	punct
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 recounted	mark
14	recounted	recount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 cause	conj
15	by	by	ADP	_	16 himself	case
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 recounted	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cause	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal cause	of the Tin Woodman's mutilation	tree rules
2	recount speech: other	participle			by himself = he	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	mutilate		the Tin Woodman			nom mutilation «event transitive»: 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

A heavy spell cast by the Wicked Witch of the West upon his axe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 spell	det
2	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 spell	amod
3	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	cast	cast	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 spell	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 Witch	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Witch	det
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Witch	amod
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cast	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 West	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 West	det
11	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Witch	nmod
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 axe	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 axe	nmod:poss
14	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cast	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cast	participle		a heavy spell not said here				by the Wicked Witch of the West; upon his axe	vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by witch=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The enchanted axe, which the Wicked Witch of the East had bewitched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 axe	det
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 axe	amod
3	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bewitched	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Witch	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 Witch	nsubj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Witch	det
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Witch	amod
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 axe	appos
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 East	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 East	det
11	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Witch	nmod
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bewitched	aux
13	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	enchant	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	witch		the enchanted axe		of the East	tree rules
3	bewitch	past · perfect · passive		the enchanted axe		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 3

The rusted tools his father had left in the woods behind the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tools	det
2	rusted	rust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tools	amod
3	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 left	nsubj:pass
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 left	aux
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 woods	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 woods	det
10	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 left	obl
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 house	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 house	det
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rust	participle							vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	leave	past · perfect · passive		the rusted tools		the woods		behind the house	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in wood=Location

Option 4

The enchanted axe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 axe	det
2	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 axe	amod
3	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enchant	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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