Exam question 4 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part 25: the Lion kills th…

Which of the following statements about the Quadling farmer's hospitality is accurate?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, be · To what, where: statements

This is exam question 4 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	13 accurate	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 accurate	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 accurate	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 accurate	csubj
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 following	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	11 hospitality	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 farmer	det
8	Quadling	Quadling	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 farmer	compound
9	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hospitality	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 farmer	case
11	hospitality	hospitality	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 statements	nmod
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 accurate	cop
13	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 accurate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		statements				about the Quadling farmer's hospitality	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent statement=Theme about hospitality=Trajectory
2	is	present						accurate property	tree rules

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 right answer

The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 farmer	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 served	nsubj
5	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 travelers	det
7	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 served	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dinner	det
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dinner	amod
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 served	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	the farmer's wife	the travelers					tree rules

Option 2

The farmer's wife gave them a cold, meager snack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 farmer	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gave	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 snack	det
8	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 snack	amod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cold	punct
10	meager	meager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 snack	amod
11	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the farmer's wife	a cold meager snack	them = they				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient snack=Theme

Option 3

The farmer's wife served the travelers a substantial dinner, then gave them cake and a bed for the night

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	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 farmer	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 served	nsubj
5	served	serve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 travelers	det
7	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 served	obj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 dinner	det
9	substantial	substantial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dinner	amod
10	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 served	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gave	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 gave	advmod
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 served	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	iobj
15	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 bed	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bed	det
18	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cake	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	21 night	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 night	det
21	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	past	the farmer's wife	the travelers					tree rules
2	give	past	the farmer's wife not said here	cake and a bed	travelers = traveler		then; night		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient cake=Theme

Option 4

The farmer's wife chased the travelers off her land

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 farmer	det
2	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wife	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 farmer	case
4	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chased	nsubj
5	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 travelers	det
7	travelers	traveler	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chased	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	10 land	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 land	nmod:poss
10	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chased	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past	the farmer's wife	the travelers		wife's land			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent traveler=Theme off land=Trajectory

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