Exam question 3 · Oz, The Discovery of Oz the Terrible, part 19: the Wizard…

What was the true appearance of the Wizard revealed behind the fallen screen?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: true appearance · What happens: be, reveal, fall · To what, where: fallen screen

This is exam question 3 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 revealed	obj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 appearance	det
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 appearance	amod
5	appearance	appearance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 revealed	nsubj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 Wizard	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Wizard	det
8	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 appearance	nmod
9	revealed	reveal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 screen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 screen	det
12	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 screen	amod
13	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 revealed	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 revealed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	is a	past			tree rules
2	reveal	past	the true appearance of the Wizard	the fallen screen	vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	fall	participle			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

a little old man with a bald head and a wrinkled face and a voice that was shaking

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 head	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 head	det
7	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 head	amod
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 face	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 face	det
11	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 face	amod
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 voice	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 voice	det
15	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	conj
16	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 shaking	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 shaking	aux
18	shaking	shake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 man	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrinkle	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	shake	past · progressive	a little old man with a bald head and a wrinkled face and a voice						vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

a tall young man with a golden crown and a smooth face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 crown	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 crown	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 crown	amod
8	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 face	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 face	det
11	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 face	amod
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

a little old man with a bald head and a wrinkled face

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 head	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 head	det
7	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 head	amod
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 face	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 face	det
11	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 face	amod
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrinkle	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a little old man with a bald head and a wrinkled face, standing beside a brass machine full of levers and wires

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 man	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 man	amod
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 head	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 head	det
7	bald	bald	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 head	amod
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 man	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 face	cc
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 face	det
11	wrinkled	wrinkle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 face	amod
12	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 head	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 standing	punct
14	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 man	acl
15	beside	beside	ADP	_	18 machine	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 machine	det
17	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 machine	compound
18	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 standing	obl
19	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 standing	xcomp
20	of	of	ADP	_	21 levers	case
21	levers	lever	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 full	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 wires	cc
23	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 levers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrinkle	participle							vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	stand	gerund	a little old man with a bald head and a wrinkled face not said here			a brass machine		full property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside machine=Location

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