Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…
It is given that the protagonist admitted to having tasted eggs. Determine the conclusion drawn therefrom by the Pigeon.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist, you · What happens: give, admit, have, taste, determine, draw · To what, where: It, tasted eggs, conclusion
This is exam question 3 of lesson 10 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon» 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 admitted to having tasted eggs.
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 admitted | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 protagonist | det |
| 6 | protagonist | protagonist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 admitted | nsubj |
| 7 | admitted | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 9 having | mark |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 admitted | advcl |
| 10 | tasted | taste | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 eggs | amod |
| 11 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 having | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | admit speech: other | past | the protagonist | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | have | gerund | the protagonist not said here | tasted eggs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | ||||
| 4 | taste | participle | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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 conclusion drawn therefrom by the Pigeon.
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 conclusion | det |
| 3 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 conclusion | acl |
| 5 | therefrom | therefrom | ADV | _ | 4 drawn | advmod |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 Pigeon | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Pigeon | det |
| 8 | Pigeon | Pigeon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 drawn | obl |
| 9 | . | . | 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 conclusion | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic | ||||
| 2 | draw | participle | the conclusion not said here | by the Pigeon; therefrom property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That eggs are only eaten by fat birds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 eggs | det |
| 2 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 eaten | aux:pass |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 eaten | advmod |
| 5 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 birds | case |
| 7 | fat | fat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 birds | compound |
| 8 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eaten | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present · passive | fat birds | that eggs | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
Option 2
That she is hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 hungry | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hungry | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hungry | cop |
| 4 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | hungry property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
That little girls constitute a kind of serpent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 girls | nsubj |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girls | amod |
| 3 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 constitute | nsubj |
| 4 | constitute | constitute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kind | det |
| 6 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 constitute | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 serpent | case |
| 8 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kind | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | girl | That | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | constitute | present | little girls | a kind of serpent | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kind=Pivot |
Option 4
That girls have never eaten any eggs before
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 girls | det |
| 2 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eaten | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 eaten | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 eaten | advmod |
| 5 | eaten | eat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 eggs | det |
| 7 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eaten | obj |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 5 eaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | present · perfect · passive | that girls | tree rules |
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. Elamur Cosmic License.
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