Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Identify the circumstance which, according to the Hatter, gave rise to the perpetual condition of six o'clock.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, circumstance · What happens: identify, accord, give, condition · To what, where: circumstance, rise, perpetual condition, six o'clock

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party (the treacle-well and the garden at last)» 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 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 gave	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
6	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 gave	advcl
7	to	to	ADP	_	6 according	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hatter	det
9	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gave	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gave	punct
11	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 circumstance	acl:relcl
12	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 condition	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 condition	det
15	perpetual	perpetual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 condition	amod
16	condition	condition	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gave	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 o'clock	case
18	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 o'clock	nummod
19	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 condition	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	accord	gerund	the circumstance not said here			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	give	past	the circumstance	rise	the perpetual condition of six o'clock	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rise=Theme to condition=Recipient
4	condition			six o'clock		nom condition «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

The Hatter's song about the stars, after which the Hare sulked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 song	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Hatter	case
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sulked	ccomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 stars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stars	det
7	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 song	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sulked	punct
9	after	after	ADP	_	10 which	case
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 sulked	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Hare	det
12	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sulked	nsubj
13	sulked	sulk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sulk	past	the Hare						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	sing		the Hatter					about the stars	nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Queen's pronouncement that he was murdering the time, after which Time declined to oblige him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pronouncement	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Queen	case
4	pronouncement	pronouncement	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 declined	nsubj:outer
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 murdering	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 murdering	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 murdering	aux
8	murdering	murder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pronouncement	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 murdering	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 declined	punct
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 declined	obl
14	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 declined	nsubj
15	declined	decline	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	to	to	PART	_	17 oblige	mark
17	oblige	oblige	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 declined	xcomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 oblige	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	murder	past · progressive	pronouncement	the Queen's pronouncement not said here	time	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pronouncement=Patient
2	decline	past	the Queen's pronouncement			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not oblige	to-infinitive	the Queen's pronouncement not said here	pronouncement		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
4	pronounce		the Queen			nom pronouncement «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Queen's pronouncement that he was murdering the time, and then Alice's cup was spilt and nobody would wash up

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pronouncement	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Queen	case
4	pronouncement	pronouncement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 murdering	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 murdering	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 murdering	aux
8	murdering	murder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 pronouncement	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 murdering	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 spilt	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 spilt	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 spilt	advmod
14	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 cup	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Alice	case
16	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 spilt	nsubj:pass
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 spilt	aux:pass
18	spilt	spilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 pronouncement	parataxis
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 wash	cc
20	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	22 wash	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 wash	aux
22	wash	wash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 spilt	conj
23	up	up	ADP	_	22 wash	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	murder	past · progressive	he	the Queen's pronouncement not said here	time	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pronouncement=Patient
2	spilt	past · passive		Alice's cup	then	tree rules
3	wash up	would	nobody			vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	pronounce		the Queen			nom pronouncement «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The Queen's shout, after which the clock stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 shout	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Queen	case
4	shout	shout	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stopped	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 stopped	punct
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 which	case
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stopped	obl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 clock	det
9	clock	clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stopped	nsubj
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	past	the Queen's shout						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	shout		the Queen						nom shout «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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