Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

Identify the reason for which the gardeners were engaged in the painting of the roses.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, engage · To what, where: reason, gardeners, painting

This is exam question 1 of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 engaged	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gardeners	det
7	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 engaged	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 engaged	aux:pass
9	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 reason	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 painting	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 painting	det
12	painting	painting	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 engaged	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 roses	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 roses	det
15	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 painting	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	engage	past · passive		the gardeners				in the painting of the roses goal; for the reason	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in painting=Goal

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

Red paint had been spilled on a white rose-tree by the cook in error

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 paint	amod
2	paint	paint	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spilled	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spilled	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 spilled	aux:pass
5	spilled	spill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	11 tree	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
8	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
9	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tree	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 rose	punct
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spilled	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 cook	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cook	det
14	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spilled	obl
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 error	case
16	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past · perfect · passive	the cook	Red paint		a white rose tree		in error	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme

Option 2

A white rose-tree had been planted in error in place of a red one, because the cook sent the wrong bulbs from the kitchen

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
3	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 planted	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 planted	aux:pass
8	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 error	case
10	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 place	case
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 place	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sent	punct
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	21 sent	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cook	det
20	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sent	nsubj
21	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 planted	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 bulbs	det
23	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 bulbs	amod
24	bulbs	bulb	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sent	obj
25	from	from	ADP	_	27 kitchen	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 kitchen	det
27	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past · perfect · passive		a white rose tree		error		in place of a red one	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in error=Destination
2	send	past	the cook	the wrong bulbs		the kitchen			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent bulb=Theme from kitchen=Initial_Location

Option 3

A white rose-tree had been planted in error in place of a red one, and the Queen will be angry

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
3	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 planted	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 planted	aux:pass
8	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 error	case
10	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 place	case
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 place	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 angry	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 angry	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queen	det
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 angry	nsubj
21	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 angry	aux
22	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	23 angry	cop
23	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 planted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past · perfect · passive		a white rose tree		error		in place of a red one	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in error=Destination
2	is	future	the Queen					angry property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A white rose-tree had been planted in error in place of a red one

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 tree	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tree	amod
3	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 planted	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 planted	aux:pass
8	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 error	case
10	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 place	case
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 planted	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 one	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 one	det
15	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 one	amod
16	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past · perfect · passive		a white rose tree		error		in place of a red one	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in error=Destination

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