--- title: Which object was demolished by the Lion's tail upon his leap over th… — Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country… · tree and pragmatics description: Which object was demolished by the Lion's tail upon his leap over the second wall? Exam question 3 of lesson 1609 «Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the friends climb a china wall and meet the china people» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pra --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1609-pg55-part24/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1609-pg55-part24/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the frien… Which object was demolished by the Lion's tail upon his leap over the second wall? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tail, Lion · **What happens:** demolish, leap · **To what, where:** object, second wall This is exam question 3 of lesson 1609 «Wizard of Oz, The Dainty China Country, part 24: the friends climb a china wall and meet the china people» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/1609-pg55-part24/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e3:1 # text = Which object was demolished by the Lion's tail upon his leap over the second wall? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 demolished demolish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 tail tail NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 upon upon ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 leap leap NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demolish** | past · passive | the Lion's tail | which object | | the second wall | | upon Lion's leap | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **leap** | | Lion | | | | | | nom leap «act transitive»: 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 {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} A tall china tower by the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e3:o1:1 # text = A tall china tower by the gate 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} A tall tower ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e3:o2:1 # text = A tall tower 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} A china church ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e3:o3:1 # text = A china church 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} A china chair ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:1609-pg55-part24:e3:o4:1 # text = A china chair 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 china china NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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