Exam question 2 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

Which of the travellers is described as remaining motionless throughout the night in his chamber?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: describe · To what, where: chamber

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 described	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 travellers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 travellers	det
4	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 described	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 described	aux:pass
6	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 motionless	mark
8	remaining	remaining	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 motionless	amod
9	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 described	xcomp
10	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	12 night	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 night	det
12	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 motionless	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 chamber	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 chamber	nmod:poss
15	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 described	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 described	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present · passive				his chamber		of the travellers; motionless property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: which=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 Tin Woodman, who lies still on his bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Woodman	det
2	Tin	Tin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Woodman	compound
3	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lies	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lies	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lies	nsubj
6	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	still	still	ADV	_	6 lies	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 bed	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bed	nmod:poss
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	the Tin Woodman			Woodman's bed	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location

Option 2

The Scarecrow, who stands motionless in his chamber and gazes at a spider in complete silence all night

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Scarecrow	det
2	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stands	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stands	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 stands	nsubj
5	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	motionless	motionless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stands	xcomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 chamber	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 chamber	nmod:poss
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stands	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gazes	cc
11	gazes	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stands	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 spider	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 spider	det
14	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gazes	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 silence	case
16	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 silence	amod
17	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gazes	obl
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 night	det
19	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gazes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	the Scarecrow			his chamber		motionless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chamber=Location
2	gaze	present	the Scarecrow not said here				night	in complete silence; at a spider	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at spider=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Scarecrow, who gazes at a spider in silence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Scarecrow	det
2	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gazes	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 gazes	nsubj
5	gazes	gaze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 Scarecrow	acl:relcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 spider	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spider	det
8	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gazes	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 silence	case
10	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gazes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gaze	present	the Scarecrow					in silence; at a spider	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at spider=Theme

Option 4

The Tin Woodman, who lies motionless on his bed throughout the night, checking his joints in silence and never sleeping at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Woodman	det
2	Tin	Tin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Woodman	compound
3	Woodman	Woodman	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lies	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 lies	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lies	nsubj
6	lies	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	motionless	motionless	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 lies	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 bed	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bed	nmod:poss
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lies	obl
11	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	13 night	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 night	det
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lies	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 checking	punct
15	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 lies	advcl
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 joints	nmod:poss
17	joints	joint	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 checking	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 silence	case
19	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 checking	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 sleeping	cc
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	22 sleeping	advmod
22	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 checking	conj
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 all	case
24	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	present	the Tin Woodman		Woodman's bed	night	motionless property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bed=Location
2	check	gerund	the Tin Woodman not said here	Woodman's joints	silence			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joint=Theme
3	not sleep	gerund	the Tin Woodman not said here		all			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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