Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

Ascertain the means by which Alice preserved the three gardeners from execution.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, the, Alice · What happens: ascertain, mean, preserve · To what, where: three gardeners · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 means	nsubj
3	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	ccomp
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 preserved	obl
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 preserved	nsubj
7	preserved	preserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 means	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gardeners	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 gardeners	nummod
10	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 preserved	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 execution	case
12	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 preserved	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here			vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	the			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	preserve	past	Alice	the three gardeners	from execution	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent gardener=Beneficiary from execution=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 · ✓ the right answer

Their concealment within a large flower-pot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 concealment	nmod:poss
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	8 pot	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pot	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pot	amod
6	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pot	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 flower	punct
8	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal		Their = they					within a large flower pot	nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent within=obl

Option 2

Their concealment within a large flower-pot placed behind the rose-tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 concealment	nmod:poss
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 placed	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	8 pot	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pot	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pot	amod
6	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pot	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 flower	punct
8	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealment	nmod
9	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 tree	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tree	det
12	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tree	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 rose	punct
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle	Their concealment within a large flower pot			the rose tree			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent behind tree=Destination
2	conceal		Their = they					within a large flower pot	nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent within=obl

Option 3

Their release by the Knave's soldiers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 release	nmod:poss
2	release	release	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	7 soldiers	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Knave	det
5	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 soldiers	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Knave	case
7	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 release	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Their concealment within a large flower-pot, after the Queen had turned away

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 concealment	nmod:poss
2	concealment	concealment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 turned	nsubj
3	within	within	ADP	_	8 pot	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pot	det
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pot	amod
6	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pot	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 flower	punct
8	pot	pot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 concealment	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 Queen	punct
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 Queen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 concealment	appos
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 turned	aux
14	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
15	away	away	ADV	_	14 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn away	past · perfect	Their concealment within a large flower pot					away property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	conceal		Their = they					within a large flower pot	nom concealment «state transitive»: poss=agent within=obl

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.

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