Exam question 2 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Em…

What is the purpose of the green spectacles worn by the visitors?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: purpose, green spectacles · What happens: be, wear, purpose · To what, where: green spectacles

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1597 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 12: they reach the Emerald City and wear green spectacles» 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	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 spectacles	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 spectacles	det
7	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 spectacles	amod
8	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 purpose	nmod
9	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 spectacles	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 visitors	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 visitors	det
12	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 worn	obl:agent
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the purpose of the green spectacles		tree rules
2	wear	participle		the green spectacles not said here	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		the green spectacles		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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 right answer

To protect the eyes from the glare of the City

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eyes	det
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 glare	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 glare	det
7	glare	glare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 City	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 City	det
10	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 glare	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive		the eyes				from the glare of the City	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Beneficiary from glare=Theme

Option 2

To hide the eyes from the dust outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 hide	mark
2	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eyes	det
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 hide	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 dust	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dust	det
7	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hide	obl
8	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 hide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	to-infinitive		the eyes		the dust		outside property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent eye=Patient from dust=Beneficiary

Option 3

To make it possible for the visitors to see the Wizard himself clearly without being blinded by the sun

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 make	mark
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 visitors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 visitors	det
7	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 visitors	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Wizard	det
11	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
12	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 Wizard	nmod
13	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	9 see	advmod
14	without	without	SCONJ	_	16 blinded	mark
15	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 blinded	aux:pass
16	blinded	blind	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 make	advcl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 sun	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 sun	det
19	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blinded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	to-infinitive		it	for the visitors; possible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Material for visitor=Beneficiary
2	see	to-infinitive		the Wizard himself	clearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=Stimulus
3	blind	gerund · passive	the sun			tree rules

Option 4

To protect the eyes from the dazzling glare of the emerald-covered City and its many shining walls and towers

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 protect	mark
2	protect	protect	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 eyes	det
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 protect	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 glare	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 glare	det
7	dazzling	dazzling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 glare	compound
8	glare	glare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 protect	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	14 City	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 City	det
11	emerald	emerald	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 covered	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 emerald	punct
13	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 City	amod
14	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 glare	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 walls	cc
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 walls	nmod:poss
17	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 walls	amod
18	shining	shining	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 walls	compound
19	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 City	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 towers	cc
21	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 walls	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	protect	to-infinitive		the eyes				from the dazzling glare of the covered City and glare's many shining walls and towers	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Beneficiary from glare=Theme
2	cover	participle							vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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