Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…
It is given that Alice was offered wine where none was present. Select the response which most accurately characterises her rejoinder.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: none, you · What happens: give, offer, be, select, characteris · To what, where: It, Alice, response
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that Alice was offered wine where none was present.
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 offered | mark |
| 5 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 offered | aux:pass |
| 7 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offered | obj |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 12 present | advmod |
| 10 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 12 present | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 present | cop |
| 12 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 wine | acl:relcl |
| 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 | offer | past · passive | Alice | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal wine=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | past | none | present property | tree rules |
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: Select the response which most accurately characterises her rejoinder.
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 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 characterises | obj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 6 accurately | advmod |
| 6 | accurately | accurately | ADV | _ | 7 characterises | advmod |
| 7 | characterises | characteris | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 response | acl:relcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 rejoinder | nmod:poss |
| 9 | rejoinder | rejoinder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 characterises | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Select | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 | the response | accurately property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That the offer was not very civil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 offer | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 offer | det |
| 3 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 civil | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 civil | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 civil | advmod |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 civil | advmod |
| 7 | civil | civil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | that offer | civil property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes please
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 2 please | discourse |
| 2 | please | please | INTJ | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Not rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 rude | advmod |
| 2 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
That she would like some tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 like | nsubj |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 like | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 like | aux |
| 4 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 tea | det |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 like | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | would | That | some tea | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tea=Theme |
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