Exam question 2 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills th…

Which of the following best describes the manner in which the Hammer-Heads repelled the travelers?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hammer Heads · What happens: follow, describe, repel · To what, where: manner, travelers

This is exam question 2 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 describes	obj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 best	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 best	case
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 describes	nmod
6	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 manner	det
8	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 describes	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 repelled	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Heads	det
12	Hammer	Hammer	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Heads	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 Hammer	punct
14	Heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 repelled	nsubj
15	repelled	repel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 manner	acl:relcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 travelers	det
17	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 repelled	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 describes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	describe	present		the manner		of the best	tree rules
3	repel	past	the Hammer Heads	the travelers	the manner		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus traveler=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice

By extending their heads with great force to strike them and then pulling them back into the rocks

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 extending	mark
2	extending	extend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heads	nmod:poss
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 extending	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 force	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 force	amod
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extending	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 strike	mark
9	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 extending	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 strike	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 pulling	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 pulling	advmod
13	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 extending	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 pulling	obj
15	back	back	ADV	_	13 pulling	advmod
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 rocks	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 rocks	det
18	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 pulling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	gerund	their heads			with great force	vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	strike	to-infinitive	heads = head				vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	pull back	gerund	heads = head	the rocks	then		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 2

By swinging their heads with great force to strike them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 swinging	mark
2	swinging	swing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heads	nmod:poss
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 swinging	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 force	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 force	amod
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 swinging	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 strike	mark
9	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 swinging	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 strike	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	gerund		their heads				with great force	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	strike	to-infinitive		heads = head					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

By extending their long necks with great force to strike the travelers from the air above

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 extending	mark
2	extending	extend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 necks	nmod:poss
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 necks	amod
5	necks	neck	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 extending	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 force	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 force	amod
8	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extending	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 strike	mark
10	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 extending	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 travelers	det
12	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 strike	obj
13	from	from	ADP	_	15 air	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 air	det
15	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 travelers	nmod
16	above	above	ADV	_	10 strike	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	gerund		their long necks				with great force	vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent neck=Theme
2	strike	to-infinitive		the travelers		the air		above property	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traveler=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

By extending their heads with great force to strike them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	SCONJ	_	2 extending	mark
2	extending	extend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 heads	nmod:poss
4	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 extending	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 force	case
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 force	amod
7	force	force	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 extending	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 strike	mark
9	strike	strike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 extending	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 strike	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	extend	gerund		their heads				with great force	vn body_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	strike	to-infinitive		heads = head					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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