Exam question 2 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…

By what means did the Scarecrow propose that Dorothy might traverse the desert?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Scarecrow, Dorothy · What happens: mean, propose, traverse · To what, where: desert

This is exam question 2 of lesson 1607 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in a balloon, and Dorothy is left behind» 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	7 propose	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	7 propose	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Scarecrow	det
6	Scarecrow	scarecrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 propose	nsubj
7	propose	propose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 traverse	mark
9	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 traverse	nsubj
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 traverse	aux
11	traverse	traverse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 propose	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 desert	det
13	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 traverse	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 propose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	mean	present			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	propose	past · do-support	the Scarecrow		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	traverse	might	Dorothy	the desert	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme desert=Co-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

Sending for the soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sending	send	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 soldiers	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 soldiers	det
4	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund						for the soldiers	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Summoning a flock of the Winged Monkeys who would fly her over the sand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 flock	det
3	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Summoning	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 Monkeys	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Monkeys	det
6	Winged	wing	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 Monkeys	amod
7	Monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flock	nmod
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 fly	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fly	aux
10	fly	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 Monkeys	acl:relcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fly	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 sand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sand	det
14	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	summon	gerund		a flock of the Winged Monkeys		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flock=Recipient
2	wing	participle				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	fly	would	the Winged Monkeys	her = she	the sand	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme over sand=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Summoning the Winged Monkeys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Monkeys	det
3	Winged	Winged	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Monkeys	compound
4	Monkeys	Monkey	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Summoning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	gerund			the Winged Monkeys				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Recipient

Option 4

Summoning the Winged Monkeys with the magic Golden Cap to carry her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Summoning	summon	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Monkeys	det
3	Winged	Winged	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Monkeys	compound
4	Monkeys	Monkey	PROPN	Number=Plur	1 Summoning	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 magic	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 magic	det
7	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Summoning	obl
8	Golden	Golden	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 magic	appos
9	Cap	Cap	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Golden	flat
10	to	to	PART	_	11 carry	mark
11	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Summoning	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	gerund			the Winged Monkeys			with the magic	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent monkey=Recipient
2	carry	to-infinitive		Golden					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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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