Exam question 1 · Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard…

In accordance with the text, upon what condition was the princess Gayelette prevailed upon to spare the Winged Monkeys?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: be, prevail, spare, wing · To what, where: accordance, Winged Monkeys

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1604 «Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard is found to be a little old man» 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	In	in	ADP	_	2 accordance	case
2	accordance	accordance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prevailed	obl
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 text	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 text	det
5	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accordance	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 princess	punct
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 princess	case
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 princess	nsubj
9	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 princess	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 princess	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 princess	det
12	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 prevailed	nsubj
13	Gayelette	Gayelette	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 princess	appos
14	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	17 spare	mark
16	to	to	PART	_	17 spare	mark
17	spare	spare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 prevailed	xcomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Monkeys	det
19	Winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 Monkeys	amod
20	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 spare	obj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 prevailed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past				upon the princess	tree rules
2	prevail	past	the princess		accordance with the text		tree rules
3	spare	to-infinitive	the princess not said here	the Winged Monkeys			vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent monkey=Asset
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

Upon condition of a golden crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 condition	case
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 crown	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 crown	det
5	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 crown	amod
6	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	condition			a golden crown					nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Upon condition that they should serve the Princess of Oz once and then depart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 condition	case
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 serve	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 serve	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 serve	aux
6	serve	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 condition	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Princess	det
8	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 serve	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 Oz	case
10	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Princess	nmod
11	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 serve	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 depart	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 depart	advmod
14	depart	depart	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 serve	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	should	they	the Princess of Oz				once property	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Attribute
2	depart	infinitive	they not said here				then		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Upon condition that they should thrice obey the Wicked Witch of the West and her command

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 condition	case
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 obey	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 obey	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 obey	aux
6	thrice	thrice	ADV	_	7 obey	advmod
7	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 condition	acl
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	7 obey	obj
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	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 command	cc
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 command	nmod:poss
16	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 condition	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obey	should	condition	the Wicked Witch of the West				thrice property	vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Theme
2	command		her = she						nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Upon condition that they should thrice perform the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Upon	upon	ADP	_	2 condition	case
2	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 perform	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 perform	nsubj
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 perform	aux
6	thrice	thrice	ADV	_	7 perform	advmod
7	perform	perform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 condition	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bidding	det
9	bidding	bidding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 perform	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 owner	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 owner	det
12	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bidding	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 Cap	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Cap	det
15	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Cap	amod
16	Cap	Cap	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 owner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	perform	should	they	the bidding of the owner of the Golden Cap				thrice property	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bidding=Theme
2	bid			the owner of the Golden Cap					nom bidding «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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