Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the protagonist's condition upon reaching the bottom.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, condition, protagonist · What happens: select, establish, concern, reach, condition · To what, where: response, bottom

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 condition	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 protagonist	det
11	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 condition	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 protagonist	case
13	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 facts	nmod
14	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	15 reaching	mark
15	reaching	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 condition	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bottom	det
17	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reaching	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	reach	gerund	the protagonist's condition not said here	the bottom		vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bottom=Theme
5	condition		the protagonist			nom condition «state 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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She sustained no injury whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sustained	nsubj
2	sustained	sustain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 injury	det
4	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sustained	obj
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 sustained	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sustain	past	She	no injury				whatsoever property	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent injury=Theme

Option 2

She was slightly bruised and sore

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bruised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bruised	aux:pass
3	slightly	slightly	ADV	_	4 bruised	advmod
4	bruised	bruise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sore	cc
6	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bruised	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bruise	past · passive		She				slightly property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

She was unhurt and cheerful, and immediately ran to see whether the White Rabbit was still in the passage ahead

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 unhurt	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unhurt	cop
3	unhurt	unhurt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 cheerful	cc
5	cheerful	cheerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 unhurt	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ran	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ran	cc
8	immediately	immediately	ADV	_	9 ran	advmod
9	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 unhurt	conj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 see	mark
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 ran	xcomp
12	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	20 passage	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rabbit	det
14	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Rabbit	amod
15	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 passage	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 passage	cop
17	still	still	ADV	_	20 passage	advmod
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 passage	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 passage	det
20	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	advcl
21	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	20 passage	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			unhurt property	tree rules
2	be		She not said here				tree rules
3	run	past	She not said here			immediately property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	see	to-infinitive	She not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	is	past	the White Rabbit	the passage	still	ahead property	tree rules

Option 4

She was not hurt at all, although she was shaken and somewhat dizzy from the long, slow descent into the well

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hurt	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 hurt	advmod
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 hurt	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shaken	punct
8	although	although	SCONJ	_	11 shaken	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 shaken	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 shaken	aux:pass
11	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hurt	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 dizzy	cc
13	somewhat	somewhat	ADV	_	14 dizzy	advmod
14	dizzy	dizzy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shaken	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	20 descent	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 descent	det
17	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 descent	amod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 long	punct
19	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 descent	amod
20	descent	descent	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dizzy	obl
21	into	into	ADP	_	23 well	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 well	det
23	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 shaken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	past · passive		She		all			vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	shake	past · passive		she		the well			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into well=Destination

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