Exam question 1 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills th…

Which of the following actions did the Lion perform in order to destroy the giant spider?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: following actions, Lion · What happens: follow, do, perform, destroy · To what, where: order, giant spider

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1610 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills the spider monster, and the Winged Monkeys fly the friends over the Hammer-Heads' hill» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 did	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 actions	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 actions	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 actions	amod
5	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 did	nsubj
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Lion	det
8	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 perform	nsubj
9	perform	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 did	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 order	case
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 perform	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 destroy	mark
13	destroy	destroy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 perform	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 spider	det
15	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 spider	amod
16	spider	spider	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 destroy	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	the following actions			tree rules
3	perform	present	the Lion		order	vn performance-26.7 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	destroy	to-infinitive	the Lion not said here	the giant spider		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spider=Patient

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

He cut its legs off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 legs	nmod:poss
4	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj
5	off	off	ADV	_	2 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut off	past	He	its legs				off property	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector leg=Eventuality

Option 2

He wrestled it down and tore off one leg

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrestled	nsubj
2	wrestled	wrestle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wrestled	obj
4	down	down	ADP	_	2 wrestled	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 tore	cc
6	tore	tore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wrestled	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 tore	compound:prt
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 leg	nummod
9	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wrestle down	past	He	it					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent
2	tore off	past	He not said here	one leg					tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He crept closer and scratched its eyes out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	closer	close	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 crept	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 scratched	cc
5	scratched	scratch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 crept	conj
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 scratched	obj
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 scratched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep	past	He					close property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	scratch out	past	He not said here	its eyes				out property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He leapt onto its back and severed its head with one blow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 leapt	nsubj
2	leapt	leapt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	onto	onto	ADP	_	5 back	case
4	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 back	nmod:poss
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leapt	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 severed	cc
7	severed	sever	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leapt	conj
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 head	nmod:poss
9	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 severed	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 blow	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 blow	nummod
12	blow	blow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 severed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leapt	past	He			its back			tree rules
2	sever	past	He not said here	back's head				with one blow	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=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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