Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the order in which the Cat finally vanished.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts, Cat · What happens: select, establish, concern, vanish · To what, where: response, order

This is exam question 4 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

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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 order	det
11	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 vanished	obl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Cat	det
15	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 vanished	nsubj
16	finally	finally	ADV	_	17 vanished	advmod
17	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 order	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the order			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus order=Experiencer
4	vanish	past	the Cat		the order	finally property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Commencing with the ears, passing the grin, and concluding with the tail after one last wink

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Commencing	commence	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 ears	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ears	det
4	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Commencing	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 passing	punct
6	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Commencing	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 grin	det
8	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 passing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 concluding	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 concluding	cc
11	concluding	conclude	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Commencing	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 tail	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tail	det
14	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concluding	obl
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 wink	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 wink	nummod
17	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 wink	amod
18	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concluding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	commence	gerund			with the ears	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with ear=Subeventuality
2	pass	gerund	the grin			vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme grin=Trajectory
3	conclude	gerund		after one last wink	with the tail	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with tail=Subeventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Commencing with the tail and concluding with the grin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Commencing	commence	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 tail	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tail	det
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Commencing	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 concluding	cc
6	concluding	conclude	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Commencing	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 grin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grin	det
9	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concluding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	gerund						with the tail	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with tail=Subeventuality
2	conclude	gerund						with the grin	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with grin=Subeventuality

Option 3

Starting with the grin and ending with the tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 grin	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 grin	det
4	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Starting	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 ending	cc
6	ending	end	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Starting	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 tail	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tail	det
9	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	gerund						with the grin	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with grin=Subeventuality
2	end	gerund						with the tail	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with tail=Subeventuality

Option 4

Commencing with the tail and concluding with the grin, after a long yawn and a wink

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Commencing	commence	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 tail	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 tail	det
4	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Commencing	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 concluding	cc
6	concluding	conclude	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Commencing	conj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 grin	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 grin	det
9	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 concluding	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 yawn	punct
11	after	after	ADP	_	14 yawn	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 yawn	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 yawn	amod
14	yawn	yawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Commencing	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 wink	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 wink	det
17	wink	wink	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 yawn	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	commence	gerund					after a long yawn and a wink	with the tail	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with tail=Subeventuality
2	conclude	gerund						with the grin	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector with grin=Subeventuality

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