Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

Select the response that most accurately characterises the conduct of the Duchess towards the missiles thrown by the cook.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris, throw, conduct · To what, where: response, conduct, missiles, Duchess

This is exam question 4 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	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	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conduct	det
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 Duchess	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Duchess	det
12	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 conduct	nmod
13	towards	towards	ADP	_	15 missiles	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 missiles	det
15	missiles	missile	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 characterises	obl
16	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 missiles	acl
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 cook	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 cook	det
19	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 thrown	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	the conduct of the Duchess	towards the missiles	tree rules
3	throw	participle		the missiles not said here	by the cook	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent by cook=Destination
4	conduct			the Duchess		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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

She caught the missiles neatly and returned them to the cook with a polite bow

The tree, 15 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	2 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 missiles	det
4	missiles	missile	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caught	obj
5	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	2 caught	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 returned	cc
7	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 returned	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 cook	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cook	det
11	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 returned	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	15 bow	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bow	det
14	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 bow	amod
15	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	past	She	the missiles				neatly property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent missile=Theme
2	return	past	She not said here	missiles = missile		the cook		with a polite bow	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to cook=Destination

Option 2

She took no notice of them whatsoever, even upon being struck squarely on the head

The tree, 15 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	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 notice	det
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 notice	nmod
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 took	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 struck	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 struck	advmod
10	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	12 struck	mark
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 struck	aux:pass
12	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 took	conj
13	squarely	squarely	ADV	_	12 struck	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 head	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 head	det
16	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	She	no notice of them		whatsoever property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme
2	strike	gerund · passive	She not said here		the head	squarely property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: on head=Location
3	notice			them = they			nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

She threw them back at the cook

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 threw	nsubj
2	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threw	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 threw	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 cook	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cook	det
7	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw back	past	She	them = they		the cook			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent they=Theme at cook=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She took no notice of them, even upon being struck

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 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 notice	det
4	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 them	case
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 notice	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 struck	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	11 struck	advmod
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	_	11 struck	mark
10	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 struck	aux:pass
11	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 took	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	take	past	She	no notice of them	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme
2	strike	gerund · passive	She not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»
3	notice			them = they	nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient

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