Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…
It is given that the Cat claimed to growl when pleased. Determine the term which the protagonist preferred for this sound.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cat, you, protagonist · What happens: give, claim, growl, determine, prefer · To what, where: It, term
This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat» 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 Cat claimed to growl when pleased.
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 claimed | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Cat | det |
| 6 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 claimed | nsubj |
| 7 | claimed | claim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 growl | mark |
| 9 | growl | growl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 claimed | xcomp |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 pleased | mark |
| 11 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 growl | advcl |
| 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 | claim speech: other | past | the Cat | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | growl | to-infinitive | the Cat not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Determine the term which the protagonist preferred for this sound.
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 term | det |
| 3 | term | term | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 preferred | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 protagonist | det |
| 6 | protagonist | protagonist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 preferred | nsubj |
| 7 | preferred | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 term | acl:relcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 sound | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 sound | det |
| 10 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 preferred | obl |
| 11 | . | . | 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 term | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent term=Topic | ||||
| 2 | prefer | past | the protagonist | the term | for this sound | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus for sound=Attribute |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mew
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mew | mew | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Purring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purring | purr | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | purr | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Hum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hum | hum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Whining
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whining | whining | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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