Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

It is given that the protagonist referred to the earth's axis. Determine the Duchess's response thereto.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist, you · What happens: give, refer, determine · To what, where: It, response

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the protagonist referred to the earth's axis.

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 referred	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 protagonist	det
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 referred	nsubj
7	referred	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	12 axis	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 earth	det
10	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 axis	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 earth	case
12	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 referred	obl
13	.	.	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	refer	past	the protagonist					to the earth's axis	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to axis=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 Duchess's response thereto.

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 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 response	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Duchess	case
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
6	thereto	thereto	ADV	_	1 Determine	advmod
7	.	.	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 Duchess's response				thereto property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

An order that the protagonist be sent home to bed without any supper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 order	det
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 sent	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protagonist	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	nsubj:pass
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 sent	aux:pass
7	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 sent	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 bed	case
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	obl
11	without	without	ADP	_	13 supper	case
12	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	13 supper	det
13	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	infinitive · passive		a order		bed		without any supper; home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to bed=Destination

Option 2

An order that the protagonist's head be chopped off at once by the cook with the large axe

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 order	det
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chopped	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 head	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protagonist	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 head	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 protagonist	case
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 order	acl
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 chopped	aux:pass
9	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 chopped	compound:prt
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 chopped	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 cook	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cook	det
15	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chopped	obl
16	with	with	ADP	_	19 axe	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 axe	det
18	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 axe	amod
19	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cook	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop off	infinitive · passive	the cook with the large axe	a order					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Patient at once=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An order that the protagonist's head be chopped off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 order	det
2	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chopped	nsubj:pass
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 head	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 protagonist	det
5	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 head	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 protagonist	case
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 order	acl
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 chopped	aux:pass
9	chopped	chop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 chopped	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chop off	infinitive · passive		a order					vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

A calm request that the protagonist sit down, drink tea and talk about the earth's shape

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 request	det
2	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 request	amod
3	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sit	nsubj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 sit	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 protagonist	det
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sit	nsubj
7	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	down	down	ADP	_	7 sit	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 drink	punct
10	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sit	conj
11	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drink	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 talk	cc
13	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 sit	conj
14	about	about	ADP	_	18 shape	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 earth	det
16	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shape	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 earth	case
18	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 talk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	sit down	infinitive	a calm request			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	drink	infinitive	a calm request not said here	tea		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient
3	talk	infinitive	a calm request not said here		about the earth's shape	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about shape=Topic

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