Exam question 1 · Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field, part 9: raft drifts…

By what means did the Lion propel the raft toward the shore?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lion · What happens: mean, propel · To what, where: raft

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1594 «Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field, part 9: raft drifts off, Scarecrow stranded, Stork rescues him» 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	7 propel	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	7 propel	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Lion	det
6	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 propel	nsubj
7	propel	propel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 raft	det
9	raft	raft	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 propel	obj
10	toward	toward	ADP	_	12 shore	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shore	det
12	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 propel	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 propel	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present							vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	propel	past · do-support	the Lion	the raft				toward the shore	tree rules

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

by swimming and dragging the raft with a rope in his teeth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 swimming	mark
2	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 dragging	cc
4	dragging	drag	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 swimming	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 raft	det
6	raft	raft	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragging	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 rope	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 rope	det
9	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dragging	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 teeth	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 teeth	nmod:poss
12	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swimming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund				his teeth			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tooth=Trajectory
2	drag	gerund		the raft				with a rope	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent raft=Theme

Option 2

by paddling with his tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 paddling	mark
2	paddling	paddle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 tail	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tail	nmod:poss
5	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paddling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paddle	gerund						with his tail	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

by swimming while the Woodman held his tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 swimming	mark
2	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 held	advcl
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 held	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Woodman	det
5	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 held	nsubj
6	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tail	nmod:poss
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund	the Woodman not said here						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hold	past	the Woodman	Woodman's tail					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

by swimming while holding the Woodman

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 swimming	mark
2	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	4 holding	mark
4	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 swimming	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Woodman	det
6	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hold	gerund		the Woodman					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woodman=Theme

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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