Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Identify the reason adduced by the Hatter for the inaccuracy of his watch to the extent of two days.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, adduce, extend · To what, where: reason, two days

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	adduced	adduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Hatter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Hatter	det
7	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 adduced	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 inaccuracy	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 inaccuracy	det
10	inaccuracy	inaccuracy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 adduced	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 watch	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 watch	nmod:poss
13	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inaccuracy	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 extent	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 extent	det
16	extent	extent	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 watch	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 days	case
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 days	nummod
19	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 extent	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	adduce	participle		the reason not said here	by the Hatter; for the inaccuracy of Hatter's watch to the extent of two days	tree rules
3	extend			two days		nom extent «state 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 · ← Mova's choice

The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs, and a cup of tea poured over it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 introduction	det
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 butter	case
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduction	nmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 works	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 works	nmod:poss
7	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 introduction	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 accompanied	punct
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 works	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 crumbs	case
11	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 accompanied	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cup	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cup	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cup	det
15	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduction	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 tea	case
17	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cup	nmod
18	poured	pour	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 introduction	acl
19	over	over	ADP	_	20 it	case
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		butter's works not said here		by crumbs	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by crumb=Destination
2	pour	participle		the introduction of butter into butter's works and a cup of tea not said here	tea		vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over it=Location
3	introduce			butter	butter's works		nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient into=place
4	work		butter				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The introduction of butter into its works, accompanied by crumbs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 introduction	det
2	introduction	introduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 butter	case
4	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 introduction	nmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 works	case
6	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 works	nmod:poss
7	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 introduction	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 accompanied	punct
9	accompanied	accompany	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 introduction	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 crumbs	case
11	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 accompanied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accompany	participle		the introduction of butter into butter's works not said here		by crumbs	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by crumb=Destination
2	introduce			butter	butter's works		nom introduction «act transitive»: of=patient into=place
3	work		butter				nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Butter put inside the mechanism by the Hare, with crumbs following

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj:pass
2	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 mechanism	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 mechanism	det
5	mechanism	mechanism	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 Hare	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Hare	det
8	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 crumbs	punct
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 crumbs	case
11	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 put	obl
12	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 crumbs	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	participle · passive	the Hare	Butter		the mechanism		with crumbs	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme inside mechanism=Destination
2	follow	gerund	crumbs not said here						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Damp from the rain falling on the works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Damp	damp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	4 rain	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rain	det
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Damp	obl
5	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 rain	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 works	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 works	det
8	works	work	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 falling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	gerund	the rain not said here			the works			vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on work=Location

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