Exam question 1 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

In the narrative, what is the principal reason Oz refuses to return Dorothy to Kansas immediately?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Oz · What happens: be, refuse, not return · To what, where: principal reason, Dorothy, Kansas

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1598 «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 13: Dorothy meets the great Head and is given a hard task» 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 narrative	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 narrative	det
3	narrative	narrative	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 what	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 narrative	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
8	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 reason	amod
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 what	acl:relcl
10	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 refuses	nsubj
11	refuses	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 return	mark
13	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 refuses	xcomp
14	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 return	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Kansas	case
16	Kansas	Kansas	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 return	obl
17	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	13 return	advmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the principal reason			tree rules
2	refuse	present	Oz	the principal reason not said here			tree rules
3	not return	to-infinitive	Oz not said here	Dorothy	Kansas	immediately property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dorothy=Theme to kansas=Destination

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

He requires her to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 destroy	mark
5	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Witch	det
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Witch	amod
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destroy	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 West	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 West	det
11	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Witch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	He	her = she					vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	destroy	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Wicked Witch of the West					vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient

Option 2

He thinks Kansas is too dangerous for a child

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Kansas	Kansas	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 child	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Kansas					for a child; dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3

He requires her to destroy the Wicked Witch of the West before any return to Kansas can be arranged

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 destroy	mark
5	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Witch	det
7	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Witch	amod
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 destroy	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 West	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 West	det
11	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Witch	nmod
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	19 arranged	mark
13	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	14 return	det
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 arranged	nsubj:pass
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 Kansas	case
16	Kansas	Kansas	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 return	nmod
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 arranged	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 arranged	aux:pass
19	arranged	arrange	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 destroy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	require	present	He	her = she	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2	destroy	to-infinitive	He not said here	the Wicked Witch of the West	vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient
3	arrange	can · passive		any return to Kansas	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

He requires that she first bring back the golden cap and then destroy the Wicked Witch of the West

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 bring	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bring	nsubj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 bring	advmod
6	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 requires	ccomp
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 bring	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cap	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cap	amod
10	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bring	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 destroy	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 destroy	advmod
13	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 bring	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Witch	det
15	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Witch	amod
16	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 destroy	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 West	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 West	det
19	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Witch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	He				vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	bring back	infinitive	she	the golden cap		first property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cap=Theme
3	destroy	infinitive	she not said here	the Wicked Witch of the West	then		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Patient

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