Test 9 · ★ · Oz, The Cowardly Lion, part 7: a Lion attacks the travelle…

who's the one with the oil-can that saved the day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one · What happens: be, save · To what, where: one

This is test 9 · ★ 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. 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	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 one	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 oil	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 oil	det
7	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 can	obl
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 oil	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 one	acl:relcl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 saved	nsubj
11	saved	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 one	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 saved	obl:unmarked
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the one					tree rules
2	save	past	the one				day		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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

the Tin Woodman, he carried the basket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Woodman	det
2	Tin	Tin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Woodman	compound
3	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 carried	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Woodman	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carried	nsubj
6	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 basket	det
8	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carried	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the Tin Woodman	the basket					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

the Scarecrow, he oiled the Woodman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Scarecrow	det
2	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 oiled	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Scarecrow	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 oiled	nsubj
5	oiled	oil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Woodman	det
7	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 oiled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oil	past	the Scarecrow		the Woodman				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent woodman=Destination

Option 3

Dorothy, she did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Dorothy	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	Dorothy						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

the Woodman, he fixed the Lion

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	5 fixed	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Woodman	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fixed	nsubj
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Lion	det
7	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 fixed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	past	the Woodman	the Lion					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent lion=Patient

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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