Exam question 3 · Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home…

Upon her arrival, what agricultural task was Aunt Em engaged in when she perceived her niece approaching?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: arrival, Aunt, her · What happens: task, be, engage in, perceive, approach, arrive · To what, where: Aunt, niece

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1611 «Oz, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: Glinda sends Dorothy home to Aunt Em» 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	Upon	upon	ADP	_	3 arrival	case
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 arrival	nmod:poss
3	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Aunt	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 task	punct
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 task	nsubj
6	agricultural	agricultural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 task	amod
7	task	task	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 arrival	appos
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Aunt	cop
9	Aunt	Aunt	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 engaged	nsubj
10	Em	Em	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Aunt	flat
11	engaged	engage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 engaged	compound:prt
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 perceived	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 perceived	nsubj
15	perceived	perceive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 engaged	advcl
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 niece	nmod:poss
17	niece	niece	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 perceived	obj
18	approaching	approach	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 perceived	advcl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 engaged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	task		her arrival		tree rules
2	is a	past	her arrival	Aunt	tree rules
3	engage in	past	Aunt		vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	perceive	past	Aunt	Aunt's niece	vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer niece=Stimulus
5	approach	gerund	Aunt not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	arrive		her = she		nom arrival «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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

hoeing weeds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	hoeing	hoe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 hoeing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hoe	gerund		weeds					vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weed=Theme

Option 2

washing the dishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dishes	det
3	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 washing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wash	gerund		the dishes					vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

watering the cabbages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	watering	water	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cabbages	det
3	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 watering	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	water	gerund		the cabbages					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent cabbage=Destination

Option 4

sweeping the porch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sweeping	sweep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 porch	det
3	porch	porch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sweeping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	gerund		the porch					vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme porch=Trajectory

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