Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…
Identify the communication delivered by the Fish-Footman to the Frog-Footman.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, deliver · To what, where: communication, Frog Footman
This is exam question 1 of lesson 11 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» 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 | Identify | identify | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 communication | det |
| 3 | communication | communication | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 communication | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 Footman | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Footman | det |
| 7 | Fish | Fish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Footman | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 Fish | punct |
| 9 | Footman | Footman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 delivered | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 Footman | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Footman | det |
| 12 | Frog | Frog | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Footman | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 Frog | punct |
| 14 | Footman | Footman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 delivered | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Identify | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | identify | imperative | you not said here | the communication | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent communication=Theme | ||||
| 2 | deliver | participle | the communication not said here | the Frog Footman | by the Fish Footman | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to footman=Destination |
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
An invitation from the Queen to the Duchess to play croquet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 invitation | det |
| 2 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invitation | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Duchess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Duchess | det |
| 8 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invitation | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 play | mark |
| 10 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 invitation | acl |
| 11 | croquet | croquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | to-infinitive | croquet | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme |
Option 2
A written invitation from the Queen to the Duchess to come and play a game of croquet
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 invitation | det |
| 2 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 invitation | amod |
| 3 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Queen | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Queen | det |
| 6 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invitation | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Duchess | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Duchess | det |
| 9 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 invitation | nmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 come | mark |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 invitation | acl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 play | cc |
| 13 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 come | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 game | det |
| 15 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 play | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 croquet | case |
| 17 | croquet | croquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 game | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | come | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | play | infinitive | a game of croquet | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
Option 3
An invitation from the Queen to the Duchess to play croquet and to bring the baby
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 invitation | det |
| 2 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invitation | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Duchess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Duchess | det |
| 8 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invitation | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 play | mark |
| 10 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 invitation | acl |
| 11 | croquet | croquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 bring | cc |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 bring | mark |
| 14 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 play | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 baby | det |
| 16 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | to-infinitive | croquet | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bring | to-infinitive | the baby | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent baby=Theme |
Option 4
A message from the cook to the Duchess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 message | det |
| 2 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 cook | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cook | det |
| 5 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 message | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 Duchess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Duchess | det |
| 8 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 message | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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