Exam question 3 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills th…

Which of the following accounts for the travelers' eventual passage over the hill?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: travelers · What happens: follow, pass · To what, where: hill

This is exam question 3 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	5 accounts	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 accounts	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 accounts	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 accounts	amod
5	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	11 passage	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 travelers	det
8	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 passage	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 travelers	case
10	eventual	eventual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 passage	amod
11	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 accounts	nmod
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 hill	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hill	det
14	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 passage	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 accounts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pass		the travelers			the hill			nom passage «act intransitive»: poss=agent over=place

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

The Golden Cap summoned the Wizard, who flew the group over the hill in a balloon at dawn

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Cap	det
2	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Cap	amod
3	Cap	Cap	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 summoned	nsubj
4	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Wizard	det
6	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 flew	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 flew	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 flew	nsubj
9	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 summoned	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 group	det
11	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 hill	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hill	det
14	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 balloon	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 balloon	det
17	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 dawn	case
19	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	summon	past	the Golden Cap						vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fly	past	the Wizard	the group		the hill	dawn	in a balloon	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent group=Theme over hill=Initial_Location in balloon=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Winged Monkeys, summoned by Dorothy, carried them across

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	9 carried	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 summoned	punct
5	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Monkeys	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Dorothy	case
7	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 summoned	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Monkeys	punct
9	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 carried	obj
11	across	across	ADV	_	9 carried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wing	participle				vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	summon	participle		the Winged Monkeys not said here	by Dorothy	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	carry	past	the Winged Monkeys	them = they	across property	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

The travelers tunneled through the hill's base

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 travelers	det
2	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	tunneled	tunnel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 travelers	acl
4	through	through	ADP	_	8 base	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 base	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 hill	case
8	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tunneled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tunnel	participle		the travelers not said here		the hill's base			vn rummage-35.5-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through base=Location

Option 4

The Winged Monkeys, once summoned by Dorothy with the cap, lifted and carried all of them across the high ridge

The tree, 20 words

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	Winged	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Monkeys	compound
3	Monkeys	Monkey	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 lifted	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 summoned	punct
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 summoned	advmod
6	summoned	summon	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 Monkeys	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Dorothy	case
8	Dorothy	Dorothy	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 summoned	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 cap	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 summoned	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Monkeys	punct
13	lifted	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 carried	cc
15	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 lifted	conj
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 carried	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 all	nmod
19	across	across	ADP	_	22 ridge	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 ridge	det
21	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 ridge	amod
22	ridge	ridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	summon	participle		the Winged Monkeys not said here		by Dorothy; with the cap; once property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	lift	past	the Winged Monkeys				vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	carry	past	the Winged Monkeys not said here	all	the high ridge		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Theme

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