Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the conduct of the game of croquet?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, conduct · To what, where: conduct, game

This is exam question 4 of lesson 16 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (a head without a body)» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conduct	det
14	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 game	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 game	det
17	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conduct	nmod
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 croquet	case
19	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 game	nmod
20	?	?	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	the conduct of the game of croquet		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
5	conduct			the game of croquet		nom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient

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 hedgehogs played first and then the flamingoes played

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hedgehogs	det
2	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 played	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 played	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 played	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 flamingoes	det
8	flamingoes	flamingoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 played	nsubj
9	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 played	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	past	the hedgehogs					first property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	play	past	the flamingoes				then		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The players played all at once, without waiting for turns, and quarrelled throughout

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 players	det
2	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 played	nsubj
3	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	ADV	_	3 played	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 once	case
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 played	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 waiting	punct
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 waiting	mark
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 played	advcl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 turns	case
11	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 waiting	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 quarrelled	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 quarrelled	cc
14	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 played	conj
15	throughout	throughout	ADV	_	14 quarrelled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	play	past	the players	all property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	gerund	the players not said here	for turns	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	quarrell	past	the players not said here	throughout property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They took turns in a neat row, and nobody quarrelled or shouted at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 took	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 row	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 row	det
6	neat	neat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 row	amod
7	row	row	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 quarrelled	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 quarrelled	cc
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 quarrelled	nsubj
11	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 took	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 shouted	cc
13	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 took	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	take	past	They	turns	a neat row	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent turn=Value in row=Location
2	quarrell	past	nobody			tree rules
3	shout speech: express	participle	They not said here		all	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The players took turns and the Queen counted every single hoop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 players	det
2	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 took	nsubj
3	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 took	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 counted	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 counted	nsubj
8	counted	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 took	conj
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 hoop	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hoop	amod
11	hoop	hoop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 counted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the players	turns					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Theme
2	count	past	the Queen	every single hoop					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoop=Theme

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