Test 2 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 17: Dorothy melts the…

Wait, so how'd the Witch actually bite it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Witch · What happens: wait, bite · To what, where: it

This is test 2 · ★ 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. 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bite	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	9 bite	advmod
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 bite	advmod
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	9 bite	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Witch	det
7	Witch	Witch	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 bite	nsubj
8	actually	actually	ADV	_	9 bite	advmod
9	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bite	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bite	infinitive	the Witch	it				actually property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 Lion pushed her into the big fire pit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Lion	det
2	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	nsubj
3	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pushed	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	9 pit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pit	det
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pit	amod
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pit	compound
9	pit	pit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the Lion	her = she		the big fire pit			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into pit=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Dorothy tossed a pail of soap on the Witch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	nsubj
2	tossed	toss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 pail	det
4	pail	pail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 soap	case
6	soap	soap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pail	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 Witch	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Witch	det
9	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tossed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	toss	past	Dorothy	a pail of soap				on the Witch	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent pail=Theme on witch=Destination

Option 3

The Scarecrow lit a match and the Witch just burned up in the courtyard fire

The tree, 15 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	3 lit	nsubj
3	lit	light	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 match	det
5	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lit	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 burned	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Witch	det
8	Witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burned	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 burned	advmod
10	burned	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lit	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 burned	compound:prt
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 fire	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fire	det
14	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 fire	compound
15	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	light	past	the Scarecrow	a match					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Product
2	burn up	past	the Witch			the courtyard fire			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fire=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Dorothy chucked a bucket of water on her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bucket	det
4	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 water	case
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bucket	nmod
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	Dorothy	a bucket of water					tree rules

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