Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the…
Which condition of the Winkies was ended by Dorothy's actions within the Yellow Castle?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: actions, Dorothy · What happens: end, condition, act · To what, where: condition, Winkies
This is exam question 4 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 condition | det |
| 2 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ended | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Winkies | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Winkies | det |
| 5 | Winkies | Winky | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 condition | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 ended | aux:pass |
| 7 | ended | end | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 actions | case |
| 9 | Dorothy | Dorothy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 actions | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Dorothy | case |
| 11 | actions | action | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 ended | obl |
| 12 | within | within | ADP | _ | 15 Castle | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Castle | det |
| 14 | Yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Castle | amod |
| 15 | Castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 actions | nmod |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 ended | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | past · passive | Dorothy's actions within the Yellow Castle | which condition of the Winkies | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | condition | the Winkies | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 3 | act | Dorothy | within the Yellow Castle | nom action «act intransitive»: poss=agent within=obl |
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
Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West, which had lasted for many years
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bondage | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bondage | bondage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lasted | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Witch | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Witch | det |
| 5 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Witch | amod |
| 6 | Witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bondage | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 West | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 West | det |
| 9 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Witch | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lasted | punct |
| 11 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 lasted | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 lasted | aux |
| 13 | lasted | last | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 years | case |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 years | amod |
| 16 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 lasted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | last | past · perfect | Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West | year | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West and to her cruel yellow castle walls
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bondage | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bondage | bondage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Witch | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Witch | det |
| 5 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Witch | amod |
| 6 | Witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bondage | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 West | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 West | det |
| 9 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Witch | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 walls | cc |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 walls | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 walls | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 walls | amod |
| 14 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 walls | amod |
| 15 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 walls | compound |
| 16 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bondage | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Their bondage to the Wicked Witch of the West
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bondage | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bondage | bondage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Witch | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Witch | det |
| 5 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Witch | amod |
| 6 | Witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bondage | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 West | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 West | det |
| 9 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Witch | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Their fear of the Witch and the cold nights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 fear | nmod:poss |
| 2 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Witch | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Witch | det |
| 5 | Witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fear | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 nights | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 nights | det |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 nights | amod |
| 9 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fear | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | Their = they | the Witch | nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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