Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the King's conduct as Alice departed?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts, Alice, King · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, depart, conduct · To what, where: conduct

This is exam question 4 of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» 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 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 conduct	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 King	case
16	conduct	conduct	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
17	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 departed	mark
18	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 departed	nsubj
19	departed	depart	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 concerning	advcl
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 King's conduct		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conduct=Experiencer
5	depart	past	Alice			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	conduct		the King			nom conduct «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

He pardoned only the Duchess, speaking in a loud voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pardoned	nsubj
2	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 Duchess	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Duchess	det
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pardoned	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 speaking	punct
7	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pardoned	advcl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 voice	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 voice	det
10	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 voice	amod
11	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 speaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pardon	past	He	the Duchess					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	speak speech: other	gerund	He not said here			a loud voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He pardoned all persons under sentence, speaking in a low voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pardoned	nsubj
2	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 persons	det
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pardoned	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 sentence	case
6	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pardoned	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 speaking	punct
8	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pardoned	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 voice	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 voice	det
11	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 voice	amod
12	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 speaking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pardon	past	He	all persons		sentence			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund	He not said here			a low voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He spoke loudly and sentenced the Duchess to prison

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	2 spoke	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sentenced	cc
5	sentenced	sentence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 spoke	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Duchess	det
7	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sentenced	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 prison	case
9	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sentenced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	He					loudly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sentence	past	He not said here	the Duchess				to prison	tree rules

Option 4

He pardoned all persons under sentence of execution, speaking in a low voice, and then went quietly back to his throne

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pardoned	nsubj
2	pardoned	pardon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 persons	det
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pardoned	obj
5	under	under	ADP	_	6 sentence	case
6	sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pardoned	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 execution	case
8	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sentence	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 speaking	punct
10	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 pardoned	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 voice	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 voice	det
13	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 voice	amod
14	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 speaking	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 went	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 went	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 went	advmod
18	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pardoned	conj
19	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	18 went	advmod
20	back	back	ADV	_	18 went	advmod
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 throne	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 throne	nmod:poss
23	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pardon	past	He	all persons	sentence of execution			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	speak speech: other	gerund	He not said here		a low voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	go back	past	He not said here			then	to his throne result; quietly property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to throne=Result
4	sentence			execution				nom sentence «communication transitive»: of=patient

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