Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes. Determine the term she in fact employed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist, you, term · What happens: give, intend, refer, determine, employ · To what, where: It, term, protagonist, fact

This is exam question 3 of lesson 1 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the protagonist intended to refer to the Antipodes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 intended	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 protagonist	det
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 intended	nsubj
7	intended	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 refer	mark
9	refer	refer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 intended	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Antipodes	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Antipodes	det
12	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 refer	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	intend	past	the protagonist			vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	refer not said to happen	to-infinitive	the protagonist not said here		to the Antipodes	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to antipode=Co-Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Determine the term she in fact employed.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 term	det
3	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 employed	nsubj:pass
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 fact	case
6	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 employed	obl
7	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 term	acl:relcl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the term					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic
2	employ	participle · passive	the term not said here	protagonist		fact			vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Antipodes, which is the word she meant to say about the opposite side of the world

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Antipodes	det
2	Antipodes	antipode	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 word	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 word	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 word	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Antipodes	appos
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 meant	nsubj
9	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 word	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 meant	xcomp
12	about	about	ADP	_	15 side	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 side	det
14	opposite	opposite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 side	amod
15	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 world	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 world	det
18	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Antipodes	the word		tree rules
2	mean	past	she	the word not said here		tree rules
3	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		about the opposite side of the world	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Antipathies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Antipathies	det
2	Antipathies	antipathy	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The Antiquities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Antiquities	det
2	Antiquities	antiquity	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

The Antipathetic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Antipathetic	det
2	Antipathetic	antipathetic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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