Exam question 2 · Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field, part 9: raft drifts…

What was the principal reason the Scarecrow was left behind?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, leave behind · To what, where: principal reason, Scarecrow

This is exam question 2 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 reason	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Scarecrow	det
7	Scarecrow	Scarecrow	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 left	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux:pass
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 reason	acl:relcl
10	behind	behind	ADV	_	9 left	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the principal reason					tree rules
2	leave behind	past · passive		the Scarecrow				behind property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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 right answer

his pole became lodged in the mud

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 pole	nmod:poss
2	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lodged	nsubj:pass
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lodged	aux:pass
4	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mud	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lodged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	past · passive		his pole		the mud			vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in mud=Location

Option 2

his legs became stuck in the mud

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 legs	nmod:poss
2	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 became	nsubj
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 became	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mud	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stuck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	his legs					stuck property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3

the Stork refused to carry his heavy pole any farther

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Stork	det
2	Stork	Stork	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 refused	nsubj
3	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 carry	mark
5	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 refused	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pole	nmod:poss
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pole	amod
8	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carry	obj
9	any	any	ADV	_	10 farther	advmod
10	farther	far	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 carry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	the Stork						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not carry	to-infinitive	the Stork not said here	Stork's heavy pole				far property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pole=Theme

Option 4

his pole became lodged in the mud by the bank

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 pole	nmod:poss
2	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lodged	nsubj:pass
3	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lodged	aux:pass
4	lodged	lodge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 mud	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mud	det
7	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lodged	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 bank	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bank	det
10	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lodged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lodge	past · passive	the bank	his pole		the mud			vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in mud=Location

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