Exam question 3 · Wizard of Oz, The Deadly Poppy Field, part 9: raft drifts…

By what method did the Stork retrieve the Scarecrow from the river?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Stork · What happens: retrieve · To what, where: Scarecrow, river

This is exam question 3 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=Int	7 retrieve	obl
3	method	method	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 retrieve	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Stork	det
6	Stork	Stork	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 retrieve	nsubj
7	retrieve	retrieve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Scarecrow	det
9	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retrieve	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retrieve	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 retrieve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retrieve	past · do-support	the Stork	the Scarecrow		the river			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent scarecrow=Theme from river=Source

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 grasping his arm with her claws and flying him to shore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 grasping	mark
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 arm	nmod:poss
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grasping	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 claws	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 claws	nmod:poss
7	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grasping	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 flying	cc
9	flying	fly	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grasping	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 flying	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 shore	case
12	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	gerund		his arm				with her claws	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent arm=Experiencer with claw=Instrument
2	fly	gerund		him = he		shore			vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to shore=Destination

Option 2

by lifting his straw with her wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 lifting	mark
2	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 straw	nmod:poss
4	straw	straw	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lifting	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 wings	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wings	nmod:poss
7	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	gerund		his straw				with her wings	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straw=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

by grasping his arm with her claws

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 grasping	mark
2	grasping	grasp	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 arm	nmod:poss
4	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grasping	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 claws	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 claws	nmod:poss
7	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grasping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grasp	gerund		his arm				with her claws	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent arm=Experiencer with claw=Instrument

Option 4

by reaching down with her claws and lifting him from the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	by	by	SCONJ	_	2 reaching	mark
2	reaching	reach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 reaching	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 claws	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 claws	nmod:poss
6	claws	claw	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 reaching	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 lifting	cc
8	lifting	lift	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reaching	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lifting	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lifting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach down	gerund						with her claws; down property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lift	gerund		him = he		the water			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme from water=Destination

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