Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

It is given that the Queen commanded the beheading of Alice. Select the response which most accurately characterises Alice's rejoinder.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen, you · What happens: give, command, select, characteris · To what, where: It, beheading, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is given that the Queen commanded the beheading of Alice.

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 commanded	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 commanded	nsubj
7	commanded	command	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 beheading	det
9	beheading	beheading	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 commanded	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Alice	case
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 beheading	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	command	past	the Queen	the beheading of Alice					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent beheading=Eventuality

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: Select the response which most accurately characterises Alice's rejoinder.

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	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 rejoinder	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Alice	case
10	rejoinder	rejoinder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She declared it «Nonsense!» loudly and decidedly, and then she ran off to find the Rabbit

The tree, 16 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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	obj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
5	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	xcomp
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 declared	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 decidedly	cc
10	decidedly	decidedly	ADV	_	8 loudly	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 ran	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 ran	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 ran	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 ran	nsubj
15	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
16	off	off	ADP	_	15 ran	compound:prt
17	to	to	PART	_	18 find	mark
18	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 ran	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Rabbit	det
20	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	She	it		loudly property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
2	run off	past	she		then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	she not said here	the Rabbit			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rabbit=Topic

Option 2

She declared it «Nonsense!» loudly and decidedly, and then she bowed deeply to the whole court

The tree, 16 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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	obj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
5	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	xcomp
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 declared	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 decidedly	cc
10	decidedly	decidedly	ADV	_	8 loudly	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bowed	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 bowed	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 bowed	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bowed	nsubj
15	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 declared	conj
16	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	15 bowed	advmod
17	to	to	ADP	_	20 court	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 court	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 court	amod
20	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	She	it				loudly property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute
2	bow	past	she				then	to the whole court; deeply property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to court=Theme

Option 3

She laughed and called the Queen a silly pack

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 called	cc
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	obj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pack	det
8	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pack	amod
9	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	She						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	call	past	She not said here		the Queen				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She declared it «Nonsense!» loudly and decidedly

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 declared	nsubj
2	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 declared	obj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
5	Nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 declared	xcomp
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 Nonsense	punct
8	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 declared	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 decidedly	cc
10	decidedly	decidedly	ADV	_	8 loudly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	past	She	it				loudly property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute

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