Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning Alice's progress after quitting the tea-party?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts, Alice · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, quit, progress · To what, where: progress, tea party

This is exam question 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 progress	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Alice	case
15	progress	progress	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
16	after	after	SCONJ	_	17 quitting	mark
17	quitting	quit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 concerning	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 party	det
19	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 party	compound
20	-	-	PUNCT	_	19 tea	punct
21	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 quitting	obj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	Alice's progress		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus progress=Experiencer
5	quit	gerund	the established facts not said here	the tea party		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Source
6	progress		Alice			nom progress «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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 right answer

She entered the garden by means of the golden key and the mushroom

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	2 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 means	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 garden	det
4	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 key	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 key	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 key	amod
10	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mushroom	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mushroom	det
13	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 key	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She	the garden					vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme garden=Destination
2	mean	present						of the golden key and the mushroom	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She left by the front door of the Hatter's house

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	2 left	nsubj
2	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	6 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
5	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 door	amod
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 left	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 house	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hatter	det
9	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 house	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Hatter	case
11	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 door	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	She					by the front door of the Hatter's house	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by door=Location

Option 3

She walked out by the Caterpillar's wood into the town

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	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	8 wood	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caterpillar	det
6	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wood	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Caterpillar	case
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk out	past	She			the town		by the Caterpillar's wood; out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She entered the garden by means of the golden key, which she had forgotten, and then the mushroom, which made her small again

The tree, 23 words

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	2 entered	nsubj
2	entered	enter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 garden	det
4	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 means	case
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 entered	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 key	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 key	det
9	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 key	amod
10	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 means	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 forgotten	punct
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 forgotten	nsubj:pass
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 forgotten	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 forgotten	aux
15	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 key	acl:relcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 mushroom	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 mushroom	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 mushroom	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 mushroom	det
20	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 entered	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 made	punct
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 made	nsubj
23	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 mushroom	acl:relcl
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 made	obj
25	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 made	xcomp
26	again	again	ADV	_	2 entered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	enter	past	She	the garden	again	the mushroom obl	tree rules
2	mean	present	She not said here			of the golden key	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	forget	past · perfect · passive		the golden key			tree rules
4	make	past	the mushroom	her = she		small property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/14-alice-a-mad-tea-party-2/e4/