Exam question 3 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 6: the Tin Woodman te…

By what means did the Tin Woodman's body come to be composed of tin, as he related?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: body · What happens: mean, come, compose

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 come	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 come	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Woodman	det
6	Tin	Tin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Woodman	compound
7	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 body	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Woodman	case
9	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	nsubj
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	13 composed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 composed	aux:pass
13	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 come	advcl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 tin	case
15	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 composed	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 related	punct
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 related	mark
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 related	nsubj
19	related	related	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 come	conj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	come	past · do-support	the Tin Woodman's body		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by what=Location
3	compose	to-infinitive · passive	the Tin Woodman's body not said here	of tin	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»

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 tinsmith fashioned replacement parts from tin, piece by piece, after the axe had cut him apart many times over

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parts	det
2	tinsmith	tinsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parts	nsubj
3	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 parts	amod
4	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parts	compound
5	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 tin	case
7	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parts	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 piece	punct
9	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parts	appos
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 piece	case
11	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 piece	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cut	punct
13	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 cut	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 axe	det
15	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cut	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 cut	aux
17	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 parts	acl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 cut	obj
19	apart	apart	ADV	_	20 many	advmod
20	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 times	amod
21	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cut	obl:unmarked
22	over	over	ADV	_	17 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · perfect · passive	the fashioned replacement parts from tin not said here	the axe			time	over property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

His father forged new iron pieces from the mines

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 father	nmod:poss
2	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forged	nsubj
3	forged	forge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 pieces	amod
5	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pieces	compound
6	pieces	piece	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forged	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 mines	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mines	det
9	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forge	past	His father	new iron pieces		the mines			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent piece=Product from mine=Material

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The tinsmith fashioned replacement parts from tin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 parts	det
2	tinsmith	tinsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fashioned	compound
3	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 parts	amod
4	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parts	compound
5	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 tin	case
7	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 parts	nmod

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

Option 4

A tinsmith in the village of the Munchkins fashioned all his replacement parts from shiny tin, one by one, over many months

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tinsmith	det
2	tinsmith	tinsmith	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 village	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 village	det
5	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tinsmith	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Munchkins	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Munchkins	det
8	Munchkins	munchkin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 village	nmod
9	fashioned	fashioned	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 parts	amod
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 parts	det:predet
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parts	nmod:poss
12	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 parts	compound
13	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Munchkins	nmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	16 tin	case
15	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tin	amod
16	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 parts	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 one	punct
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 parts	appos
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 one	case
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 one	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 months	punct
22	over	over	ADP	_	24 months	case
23	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 months	amod
24	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tinsmith	conj

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

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