Exam question 1 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppie…

Which action did the Scarecrow instruct the Cowardly Lion to perform upon the soporific effect of the poppies?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, Scarecrow · What happens: do, instruct, perform, effect · To what, where: Cowardly Lion, poppies

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1595 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 10: the sleepy poppies, the Woodman's axe, and the Queen of the Field Mice» 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	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Scarecrow	det
5	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 instruct	nsubj
6	instruct	instruct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 did	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Lion	det
8	Cowardly	Cowardly	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Lion	compound
9	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 instruct	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 perform	mark
11	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 instruct	advcl
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 effect	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 effect	det
14	soporific	soporific	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 effect	amod
15	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 perform	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 poppies	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 poppies	det
18	poppies	poppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 effect	nmod
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	which action				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	instruct speech: other	present	the Scarecrow		the Cowardly Lion		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lion=Recipient
3	perform	to-infinitive	the Scarecrow not said here			upon the soporific effect of the poppies	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	effect			the poppies			nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

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

to run swiftly out of the flower bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
4	out	out	ADP	_	8 bed	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	compound
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive				the flower bed		swiftly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bed=Trajectory

Option 2

to hop quickly over the garden fence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 hop	mark
2	hop	hop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	2 hop	advmod
4	over	over	ADP	_	7 fence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fence	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fence	compound
7	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hop	to-infinitive				the garden fence		quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over fence=Trajectory

Option 3

to run swiftly out of the flower bed and never return to the poppies again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
4	out	out	ADP	_	8 bed	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	compound
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 return	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 return	advmod
11	return	return	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 run	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 poppies	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 poppies	det
14	poppies	poppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 return	obl
15	again	again	ADV	_	11 return	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive				the flower bed		swiftly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bed=Trajectory
2	not return	infinitive					again	to the poppies result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to poppy=Result

Option 4

to run swiftly out of the flower bed toward the Emerald City road ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	swiftly	swiftly	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
4	out	out	ADP	_	8 bed	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 bed	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
7	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bed	compound
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl
9	toward	toward	ADP	_	13 road	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 road	det
11	Emerald	Emerald	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 City	compound
12	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 road	compound
13	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 run	obl
14	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive				the flower bed		toward the City road; ahead, swiftly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out bed=Trajectory

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