Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…
What reason did the Monkey King give for declining to convey Dorothy to Kansas?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: reason, Monkey King · What happens: do, give, decline, not convey · To what, where: Dorothy, Kansas
This is exam question 4 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | obj |
| 2 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 5 | Monkey | Monkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 King | compound |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 give | nsubj |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 declining | mark |
| 9 | declining | decline | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 give | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 convey | mark |
| 11 | convey | convey | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 declining | xcomp |
| 12 | Dorothy | Dorothy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 convey | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Kansas | case |
| 14 | Kansas | Kansas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 convey | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | reason | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | give | present | the Monkey King | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | decline | gerund | the Monkey King not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not convey | to-infinitive | the Monkey King not said here | Dorothy | Kansas | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent dorothy=Topic to kansas=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
Because the Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone, and the Golden Cap can only be used once
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 belong | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Monkeys | det |
| 3 | Winged | wing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Monkeys | amod |
| 4 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 belong | nsubj |
| 5 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 country | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 country | det |
| 8 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 belong | obl |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 belong | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 used | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 used | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Cap | det |
| 13 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Cap | amod |
| 14 | Cap | Cap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 used | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 used | aux |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 18 used | advmod |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 used | aux:pass |
| 18 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 belong | conj |
| 19 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 18 used | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wing | participle | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | belong | present | the Winged Monkeys | to that country; alone property | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | use | can · passive | the Golden Cap | once property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone and may never cross the desert
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Monkeys | det |
| 2 | Winged | wing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Monkeys | amod |
| 3 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 belong | nsubj |
| 4 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 country | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 country | det |
| 7 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 belong | obl |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 belong | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 cross | cc |
| 10 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 cross | aux |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 cross | advmod |
| 12 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 belong | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 desert | det |
| 14 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cross | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wing | participle | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | belong | present | the Winged Monkeys | to that country; alone property | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not cross | may | the Winged Monkeys not said here | the desert | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desert=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Winged Monkeys belong to that country alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Monkeys | det |
| 2 | Winged | wing | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 Monkeys | amod |
| 3 | Monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 belong | nsubj |
| 4 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 country | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 country | det |
| 7 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 belong | obl |
| 8 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 belong | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wing | participle | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | belong | present | the Winged Monkeys | to that country; alone property | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
They must guard the Golden Cap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 guard | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 guard | aux |
| 3 | guard | guard | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Cap | det |
| 5 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Cap | amod |
| 6 | Cap | Cap | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 guard | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | must | They | the Golden Cap | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cap=Beneficiary |
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