Exam question 4 · Oz, The Winged Monkeys, part 18: Dorothy finds the Golden…

What action did the Monkey King's grandfather take against Quelala beside the river?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: action, grandfather · What happens: do, take · To what, where: river

This is exam question 4 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 did	obj
2	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
5	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 King	compound
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 grandfather	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 King	case
8	grandfather	grandfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	nsubj
9	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 did	ccomp
10	against	against	ADP	_	11 Quelala	case
11	Quelala	Quelala	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 take	obl
12	beside	beside	ADP	_	14 river	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 river	det
14	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	action						tree rules
2	take	infinitive	the Monkey King's grandfather			the river		against Quelala	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent against quelala=Destination

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

He dropped him into the water and watched him sink slowly

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 watched	cc
8	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 dropped	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 watched	obj
10	sink	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 watched	xcomp
11	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	10 sink	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	him = he	the water		vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into water=Destination
2	watch	past	He not said here	him = he			tree rules
3	sink	infinitive	him = he not said here			slowly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

He pushed him off the bridge

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 pushed	nsubj
2	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pushed	obj
4	off	off	ADP	_	6 bridge	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bridge	det
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	He	him = he		the bridge			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme off bridge=Trajectory

Option 3

He picked him up from the riverbank and dropped him into the cold water

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 picked	nsubj
2	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 picked	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 picked	compound:prt
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 riverbank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 riverbank	det
7	riverbank	riverbank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 dropped	cc
9	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 picked	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 dropped	obj
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
13	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 water	amod
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	past	He	him = he		the riverbank			vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
2	drop	past	He not said here	him = he		the cold water			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into water=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He dropped him into the water

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 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	obj
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	him = he		the water			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into water=Destination

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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