Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the disadvantage incurred by Alice when the party moved one place on.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, party · What happens: select, characteris, incur, move on · To what, where: response, disadvantage, one place

This is exam question 3 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 disadvantage	det
9	disadvantage	disadvantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	incurred	incur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 disadvantage	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 Alice	case
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 incurred	obl
13	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 moved	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 party	det
15	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 moved	nsubj
16	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 incurred	advcl
17	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 place	nummod
18	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 moved	obj
19	on	on	ADP	_	16 moved	compound:prt
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	incur	participle		the disadvantage not said here	by Alice	tree rules
4	move on	past	the party	one place		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent place=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 · ← Mova's choice

Her new place had milk spilt on its plate by the Hare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 place	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 place	amod
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
6	spilt	spilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 milk	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 plate	case
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 plate	nmod:poss
9	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spilt	obl
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 Hare	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Hare	det
12	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 spilt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Her new place	milk					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Patient
2	spilt	participle		milk not said here		place's plate		by the Hare	tree rules

Option 2

She was moved next to the Hatter, who was very rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 moved	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux:pass
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	next	next	ADV	_	3 moved	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Hatter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Hatter	det
7	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rude	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rude	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 rude	cop
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 rude	advmod
12	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Hatter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past · passive		She				to the Hatter result; next property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme to hatter=Result
2	is	past	the Hatter					rude property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her new place was spoiled by milk upset into the plate by the March Hare

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 place	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 place	amod
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spoiled	aux:pass
5	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 upset	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 upset	compound
8	upset	upset	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	obl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 plate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 plate	det
11	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 Hare	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Hare	det
14	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Hare	compound
15	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spoil	past · passive	milk upset	Her new place		the plate		by the March Hare	tree rules

Option 4

Her new place was spoiled by milk that the March Hare had upset into the plate, so she had nothing clean to drink from

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 place	nmod:poss
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 place	amod
3	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spoiled	aux:pass
5	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 milk	case
7	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spoiled	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 upset	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Hare	det
10	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Hare	compound
11	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 upset	nsubj:pass
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 upset	aux
13	upset	upset	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 spoiled	advcl
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 plate	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 plate	det
16	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 upset	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 had	punct
18	so	so	ADV	_	20 had	advmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 had	nsubj
20	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spoiled	conj
21	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	20 had	obj
22	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 nothing	amod
23	to	to	PART	_	24 drink	mark
24	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 nothing	acl
25	from	from	ADP	_	24 drink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spoil	past · passive		Her new place		by milk	tree rules
2	upset	past · perfect · passive		the March Hare	the plate		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
3	have	past	Hare	nothing			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4	drink	to-infinitive	Hare not said here	nothing not said here			vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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