Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…
It is stated that the three sisters «lived on treacle». Ascertain the condition in which they were consequently said to be.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: three sisters, you · What happens: state, live, ascertain, say, be · To what, where: It, treacle, condition, sisters · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is stated that the three sisters «lived on treacle».
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 stated | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stated | aux:pass |
| 3 | stated | state | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 lived | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sisters | det |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 sisters | nummod |
| 7 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lived | nsubj |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 lived | punct |
| 9 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stated | advcl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 treacle | case |
| 11 | treacle | treacle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lived | obl |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 lived | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | state speech: other | present · passive | It | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live in a quote | past | the three sisters | treacle | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on treacle=Location |
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: Ascertain the condition in which they were consequently said to be.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ascertain | ascertain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 condition | det |
| 3 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 said | obl |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | aux:pass |
| 8 | consequently | consequently | ADV | _ | 9 said | advmod |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 condition | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 be | mark |
| 11 | be | be | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 said | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the condition | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Topic | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past · passive | sisters = sister | the condition | consequently property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be | to-infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Very ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 ill | advmod |
| 2 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Sick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sick | sick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Ill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ill | ill | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Quite cross
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quite | quite | ADV | _ | 2 cross | advmod |
| 2 | cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | imperative | you not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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