Exam question 2 · The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part…

What undertaking did Oz propose to Dorothy at the close of this passage?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oz · What happens: undertake, propose · To what, where: Dorothy, close

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1605 «The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part 20: Oz confesses he is a humbug and shows how his tricks worked.» 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	2 undertaking	obj
2	undertaking	undertake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 propose	advcl
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 propose	aux
4	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 propose	nsubj
5	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 Dorothy	case
7	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 propose	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 close	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 close	det
10	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 propose	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 passage	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 passage	det
13	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 close	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	undertake	gerund	Oz not said here						vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
2	propose	past · do-support	Oz		Dorothy	the close of this passage			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to dorothy=Recipient

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

To build a new balloon for Dorothy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 build	mark
2	build	build	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 balloon	det
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 balloon	amod
5	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 build	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 Dorothy	case
7	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 build	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	to-infinitive		a new balloon				for Dorothy	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent balloon=Material for dorothy=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To plan a way to get her over the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 plan	mark
2	plan	plan	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plan	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 plan	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 get	obj
8	over	over	ADP	_	10 sand	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sand	det
10	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	to-infinitive		a way					vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
2	get	to-infinitive		her = she		the sand			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To devise a means of conveying her across the desert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 devise	mark
2	devise	devise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	csubj
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 conveying	mark
6	conveying	convey	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 means	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 conveying	obj
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 desert	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 desert	det
10	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 conveying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	devise	to-infinitive				vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	a			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	convey	gerund	a not said here	her = she	the desert	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent she=Topic

Option 4

To find a way home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj
5	home	home	ADV	_	2 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		a way				home property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

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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