Exam question 3 · The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrib…

What is the sequence of events by which Dorothy reaches the presence of the Head?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sequence, Dorothy · What happens: be, reach · To what, where: presence

This is exam question 3 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	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 sequence	det
4	sequence	sequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 events	case
6	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sequence	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 which	case
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 reaches	obl
9	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 reaches	nsubj
10	reaches	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 events	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 presence	det
12	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reaches	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Head	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Head	det
15	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 presence	nmod
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the sequence of events						tree rules
2	reach	present	Dorothy	the presence of the Head				by events	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent presence=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

She is woken early, dresses in green, eats breakfast, is led through the hall, then enters alone

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 woken	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 woken	aux:pass
3	woken	wake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 woken	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dresses	punct
6	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 woken	parataxis
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 green	case
8	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dresses	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 eats	punct
10	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dresses	conj
11	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eats	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 led	punct
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 led	aux:pass
14	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 woken	conj
15	through	through	ADP	_	17 hall	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hall	det
17	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 led	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 enters	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 enters	advmod
20	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 woken	advcl
21	alone	alone	ADV	_	20 enters	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present · passive	She			early property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	dress	present		green			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	eat	present	breakfast				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breakfast=Patient
4	lead	present · passive		the hall			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: through hall=Destination
5	enter	present			then	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She is led to the door, meets the Head, then leaves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 led	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 led	aux:pass
3	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 door	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 meets	punct
8	meets	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 led	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Head	det
10	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meets	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 leaves	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 leaves	advmod
13	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	present · passive		She		the door		leaves obl	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to door=Destination
2	meet	present		the Head					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She dresses, is led through the hall, then enters alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dresses	nsubj
2	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 led	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dresses	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	8 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 enters	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 enters	advmod
11	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dresses	conj
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	11 enters	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	present	She				vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lead	present · passive		the hall			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: through hall=Destination
3	enter	present	She not said here		then	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She dresses, is led through the long hall, then enters alone, after the soldier has knocked three times

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dresses	nsubj
2	dresses	dress	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 led	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dresses	acl
6	through	through	ADP	_	9 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hall	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hall	amod
9	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 enters	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 enters	advmod
12	enters	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dresses	parataxis
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 enters	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 knocked	punct
15	after	after	SCONJ	_	19 knocked	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 soldier	det
17	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 knocked	nsubj:pass
18	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 knocked	aux
19	knocked	knock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 enters	conj
20	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 times	nummod
21	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 knocked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dress	present	She					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	lead	present · passive			the long hall			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: through hall=Destination
3	enter	present				then	alone property	vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	knock	present · perfect · passive		the soldier		time		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

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