Exam question 3 · The Wizard of Oz, The Magic Art of the Great Humbug, part…

By what means did Oz admit that he had deceived the travellers regarding his powers?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oz · What happens: mean, admit, deceive, regard · To what, where: travellers, powers · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	By	by	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 admit	obl
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 what	acl:relcl
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 admit	aux
5	Oz	Oz	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 admit	nsubj
6	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 deceived	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 deceived	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 deceived	aux
10	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 admit	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 travellers	det
12	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 deceived	obj
13	regarding	regard	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 deceived	advcl
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 powers	nmod:poss
15	powers	power	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 regarding	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 admit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	admit speech: other	past · do-support	Oz		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	deceive	past · perfect	Oz	the travellers	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveller=Patient
4	regard	gerund	Oz not said here	Oz's powers	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=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

By admitting he was a humbug and showing his machines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 admitting	mark
2	admitting	admit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 humbug	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 humbug	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 humbug	det
6	humbug	humbug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 admitting	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 showing	cc
8	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 admitting	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 machines	nmod:poss
10	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 showing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	admit speech: other	gerund			vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a humbug	tree rules
3	show	gerund		his machines	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent machine=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

By confessing he was a fraud and revealing his hidden tricks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 confessing	mark
2	confessing	confess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fraud	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fraud	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fraud	det
6	fraud	fraud	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 confessing	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 revealing	cc
8	revealing	reveal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 confessing	conj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tricks	nmod:poss
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tricks	amod
11	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 revealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	confess	gerund			vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	he	a fraud	tree rules
3	reveal	gerund		his hidden tricks	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic
4	trick		his = he		nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

By disclosing that he was a humbug and displaying his contrivances

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 disclosing	mark
2	disclosing	disclose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 humbug	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 humbug	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 humbug	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 humbug	det
7	humbug	humbug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disclosing	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 displaying	cc
9	displaying	display	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 disclosing	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 contrivances	nmod:poss
11	contrivances	contrivance	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 displaying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	disclose	gerund			vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	past	he	a humbug	tree rules
3	display	gerund		his contrivances	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent contrivance=Theme

Option 4

By sending a letter to the Witches confessing everything, then burning all his magic tools in a great fire in the courtyard

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 sending	mark
2	sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 letter	det
4	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sending	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Witches	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Witches	det
7	Witches	witch	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sending	obl
8	confessing	confess	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 Witches	acl
9	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 confessing	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 burning	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 burning	advmod
12	burning	burn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sending	conj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 tools	det:predet
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 tools	nmod:poss
15	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tools	compound
16	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 burning	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	20 fire	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 fire	det
19	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 fire	amod
20	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tools	nmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 courtyard	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 courtyard	det
23	courtyard	courtyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 burning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund		a letter	the Witches				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to witch=Destination
2	confess	gerund	the Witches not said here	everything					vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Topic
3	burn	gerund		his magic tools		a great fire	then	in the courtyard	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tool=Theme

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