Exam question 2 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden…

By what means did the travelers finally summon the Winged Monkeys to their aid?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: travelers · What happens: mean, do, summon, wing · To what, where: Winged Monkeys

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1603 «Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden Cap and the Monkeys carry the travelers» 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	obj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 travelers	det
6	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 summon	nsubj
7	finally	finally	ADV	_	8 summon	advmod
8	summon	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Monkeys	det
10	Winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 Monkeys	amod
11	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 summon	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 aid	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 aid	nmod:poss
14	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 summon	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	do	past				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	summon	present	the travelers	the Winged Monkeys	to travelers's aid; finally property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Recipient
4	wing	participle				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

By reciting the charm from the Golden Cap while standing on one foot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 reciting	mark
2	reciting	recite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 charm	det
4	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reciting	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 Cap	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Cap	det
7	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Cap	amod
8	Cap	Cap	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reciting	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 standing	mark
10	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 reciting	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 foot	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 foot	nummod
13	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 standing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	gerund		the charm		the Golden Cap			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme
2	stand	gerund				one foot			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on foot=Location

Option 2

By blowing the silver whistle twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 blowing	mark
2	blowing	blow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 whistle	det
4	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 whistle	amod
5	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blowing	obj
6	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 blowing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	gerund		the silver whistle				twice property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By reciting the charm from the Golden Cap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 reciting	mark
2	reciting	recite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 charm	det
4	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reciting	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 Cap	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Cap	det
7	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Cap	amod
8	Cap	Cap	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reciting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	recite	gerund		the charm		the Golden Cap			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme

Option 4

By climbing the highest tree and reciting the charm from the Golden Cap aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 climbing	mark
2	climbing	climb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
4	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 tree	amod
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 reciting	cc
7	reciting	recite	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 climbing	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 charm	det
9	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reciting	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	13 Cap	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cap	det
12	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Cap	amod
13	Cap	Cap	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 reciting	obl
14	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	2 climbing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund		the highest tree				aloud property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme
2	recite	gerund		the charm		the Golden Cap			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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