Test 6 · ★ · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 22: Oz floats away in…
did the monkeys help with the desert or nah
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: monkeys · What happens: help
This is test 6 · ★ 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. 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 monkeys | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 monkeys | det |
| 3 | monkeys | monkey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 help | nsubj |
| 4 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 desert | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 desert | det |
| 7 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 help | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 nah | cc |
| 9 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 desert | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | the monkeys | with the desert | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with desert=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
Yup, they flew her across the desert but then got lost in the mountains on the way
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yup | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | obj |
| 6 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 desert | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 desert | det |
| 8 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flew | obl |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 lost | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 lost | advmod |
| 11 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lost | aux:pass |
| 12 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 flew | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 mountains | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mountains | det |
| 15 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lost | obl |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 way | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 way | det |
| 18 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | Yup | her = she | the desert | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme across desert=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | lose | past · passive | Yup not said here | the mountains | then | on the way | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in mountain=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nah, they said they can't leave their land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 leave | nsubj |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 leave | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 leave | advmod |
| 8 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 land | nmod:poss |
| 10 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | they | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not leave | can | they | their land | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Theme |
Option 3
Yup, they carried her across
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 carried | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yup | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 carried | nsubj |
| 4 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 carried | obj |
| 6 | across | across | ADV | _ | 4 carried | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | they | her = she | Yup vocative; across property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
Nah, they said they belong to that country and can't ever leave it
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 belong | nsubj |
| 6 | belong | belong | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 country | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 country | det |
| 9 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 belong | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 leave | cc |
| 11 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 leave | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 leave | advmod |
| 13 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 leave | advmod |
| 14 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 belong | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | they | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | belong | present | they | to that country | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not leave | can | they not said here | country | ever | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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