Exam question 3 · Oz, The Cowardly Lion, part 7: a Lion attacks the travelle…

State the outcome of the Lion's attack upon the Tin Woodman, with reference to the text.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Lion · What happens: state, attack · To what, where: outcome

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1592 «Oz, The Cowardly Lion, part 7: a Lion attacks the travellers, is slapped, and joins them» 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	State	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 outcome	det
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 attack	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lion	det
6	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attack	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Lion	case
8	attack	attack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outcome	nmod
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 Woodman	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Woodman	det
11	Tin	Tin	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Woodman	compound
12	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 attack	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 reference	punct
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 reference	case
15	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 State	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 text	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 text	det
18	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reference	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 State	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	imperative	you not said here	the outcome of the Lion's attack upon the Tin Woodman				with reference to the text	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic
2	attack		the Lion					upon the Tin Woodman	nom attack «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl

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 Woodman fell down under the Lion's weight.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Woodman	det
2	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fell	nsubj
3	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 fell	advmod
5	under	under	ADP	_	9 weight	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lion	det
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 weight	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Lion	case
9	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fell	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 fell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall down	past	the Woodman			the Lion's weight		down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under weight=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Lion ran away from the Woodman.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lion	det
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 ran	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Woodman	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Woodman	det
7	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	the Lion			the Woodman		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from woodman=Trajectory

Option 3

The tin was dented by the Lion's heavy paw, but the Woodman was not harmed and the Lion stepped back in shame and fear.

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tin	det
2	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dented	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dented	aux:pass
4	dented	dent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	10 paw	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lion	det
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 paw	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Lion	case
9	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 paw	amod
10	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dented	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 harmed	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 harmed	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Woodman	det
14	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 harmed	nsubj:pass
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 harmed	aux:pass
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 harmed	advmod
17	harmed	harm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dented	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 stepped	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Lion	det
20	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 stepped	nsubj
21	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 harmed	conj
22	back	back	ADV	_	21 stepped	advmod
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 shame	case
24	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 stepped	obl
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 fear	cc
26	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 shame	conj
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dented	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	dent	past · passive	the Lion's heavy paw	the tin		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	not harm	past · passive		the Woodman		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	step back	past	the Lion		shame and fear	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in shame=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Lion's claws made no impression upon the tin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lion	det
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 claws	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Lion	case
4	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj
5	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 impression	det
7	impression	impression	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obj
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 tin	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tin	det
10	tin	tin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 made	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the Lion's claws	no impression				upon the tin	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset impression=Product

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