Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Select the response which most accurately characterises the Gryphon's opinion of the Queen's sentences of execution.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Gryphon, Queen · What happens: select, characteris, opine, sentence · To what, where: response, sentences, execution

This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's Story (school under the sea)» 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Gryphon	det
9	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 opinion	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Gryphon	case
11	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	16 sentences	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 sentences	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Queen	case
16	sentences	sentence	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 opinion	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 execution	case
18	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sentences	nmod
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	opine		the Gryphon	the Queen's sentences of execution		nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent of=patient
4	sentence		the Queen	execution		nom sentence «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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 right answer

That they were her fancy and that nobody was in fact executed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 fancy	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fancy	cop
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nmod:poss
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fact	cc
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 nobody	det
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 fact	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fact	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 fact	case
11	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fancy	conj
12	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fact	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	That	her fancy and fact		tree rules
2	is	past	nobody		fact	tree rules
3	execute	participle		fact not said here		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That they were her fancy and that nobody was in fact executed, because the Queen was far too kind to chop anyone's head off

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 fancy	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fancy	cop
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nmod:poss
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fact	cc
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 fact	nsubj
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 fact	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fact	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 fact	case
11	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fancy	conj
12	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fact	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 kind	punct
14	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 kind	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Queen	det
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 kind	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 kind	cop
18	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 kind	advmod
19	too	too	ADV	_	20 kind	advmod
20	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 executed	conj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 chop	mark
22	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 kind	xcomp
23	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	25 head	nmod:poss
24	's	's	PART	_	23 anyone	case
25	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 chop	obj
26	off	off	ADP	_	22 chop	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	her fancy and fact			tree rules
2	is	past	that		fact		tree rules
3	execute	participle		fact not said here			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	the Queen			far, kind property	tree rules
5	chop off	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here	anyone's head			vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 3

That they were her fancy and that nobody was in fact executed, though the Knave of Hearts was sad about his tarts

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 fancy	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 fancy	cop
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nmod:poss
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fact	cc
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 fact	nsubj
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 fact	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 fact	cop
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 fact	case
11	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fancy	conj
12	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 fact	acl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 sad	punct
14	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 sad	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Knave	det
16	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 sad	nsubj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 Hearts	case
18	Hearts	Heart	PROPN	Number=Plur	16 Knave	nmod
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 sad	cop
20	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 executed	conj
21	about	about	ADP	_	23 tarts	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 tarts	nmod:poss
23	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 sad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	her fancy and fact			tree rules
2	is	past	that		fact		tree rules
3	execute	participle		fact not said here			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	the Knave of Hearts			about his tarts; sad property	tree rules

Option 4

That they were severe but she always gave the prisoners a fair trial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 severe	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 severe	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 severe	cop
4	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 gave	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 gave	advmod
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 severe	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prisoners	det
10	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 gave	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 trial	det
12	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 trial	amod
13	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	That					severe property	tree rules
2	give	past	she	the prisoners				always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prisoner=Recipient trial=Theme

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