Exam question 3 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch…

What cause did the Wicked Witch assign for the imprisonment and starving of the Cowardly Lion?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be, do, starve · To what, where: Wicked Witch assign

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1601 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 16: Dorothy becomes the Witch's slave» 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	3 did	obj
2	cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 assign	det
5	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 assign	amod
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assign	compound
7	assign	assign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 imprisonment	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 imprisonment	det
10	imprisonment	imprisonment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 assign	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 starving	cc
12	starving	starve	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 assign	conj
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 Lion	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Lion	det
15	Cowardly	Cowardly	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Lion	compound
16	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 starving	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present			tree rules
2	do	past	the Wicked Witch assign	for the imprisonment	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent assign=Eventuality
3	starve	gerund		of the Cowardly Lion	tree rules

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

His refusal to be harnessed like a horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 harnessed	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 harnessed	aux:pass
5	harnessed	harness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 refusal	acl
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 horse	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 harnessed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	harness	to-infinitive · passive						like a horse	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»
2	refuse		His = he						nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

He refused food

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 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 refused	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He	food					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 3

He hid away

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 hid	nsubj
2	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	away	away	ADV	_	2 hid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide away	past	He					away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

His refusal to be used as a beast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 refusal	nmod:poss
2	refusal	refusal	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	5 used	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 used	aux:pass
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 refusal	acl
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 beast	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beast	det
8	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	to-infinitive · passive						as a beast	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»
2	refuse		His = he						nom refusal «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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