Exam question 1 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the…

Which action brought about the dissolution of the Wicked Witch of the West?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: action · What happens: bring, dissolve · To what, where: Wicked Witch

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1602 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the Witch, frees the Winkies, and rescues her friends» 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	DET	PronType=Int	2 action	det
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	nsubj
3	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 dissolution	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dissolution	det
6	dissolution	dissolution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brought	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 Witch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Witch	det
9	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Witch	amod
10	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dissolution	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 West	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 West	det
13	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Witch	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 brought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	which action					about the dissolution of the Wicked Witch of the West	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent
2	dissolve			the Wicked Witch of the West					nom dissolution «process transitive»: of=patient

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

The Scarecrow's careful lighting of a torch that set the Witch's black castle ablaze at dawn

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	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lighting	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Scarecrow	case
4	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lighting	amod
5	lighting	lighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 torch	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 torch	det
8	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lighting	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 set	nsubj
10	set	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 torch	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Witch	det
12	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 ablaze	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Witch	case
14	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 ablaze	amod
15	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 ablaze	compound
16	ablaze	ablaze	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 dawn	case
18	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 set	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set	past	a torch	the Witch's black castle ablaze			dawn		vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient ablaze=Result

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dorothy's dousing of the Witch with a bucket of water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dousing	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dorothy	case
3	dousing	dousing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Witch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Witch	det
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dousing	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 bucket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bucket	det
9	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Witch	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bucket	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	douse		Dorothy	the Witch with a bucket of water					nom dousing «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 3

The Tin Woodman's swinging of his axe at the castle door

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	5 swinging	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Woodman	case
5	swinging	swinging	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 axe	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 axe	nmod:poss
8	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swinging	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 door	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 door	det
11	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 door	compound
12	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 axe	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing		his axe at the castle door						nom swinging «act intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

Dorothy's dousing of the Witch with a bucket of water while the Lion watched from the courtyard steps

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 dousing	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Dorothy	case
3	dousing	dousing	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 watched	nsubj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 Witch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Witch	det
6	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dousing	nmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 bucket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bucket	det
9	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Witch	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 water	case
11	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bucket	nmod
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 watched	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Lion	det
14	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 watched	nsubj
15	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	from	from	ADP	_	19 steps	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 steps	det
18	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 steps	compound
19	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 watched	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	past	Dorothy's dousing of the Witch with a bucket of water					from the courtyard steps	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
2	douse		Dorothy	the Witch with a bucket of water					nom dousing «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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