Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the regular course of the Mock Turtle's education?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: established facts, Mock Turtle · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, educate · To what, where: regular course

This is exam question 4 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	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	15 course	det
14	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 course	amod
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	21 education	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Turtle	det
18	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Turtle	compound
19	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 education	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Turtle	case
21	education	education	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
22	?	?	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 regular course of the Mock Turtle's education		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus course=Experiencer
5	educate		the Mock Turtle			nom education «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 · ✓ the right answer

It comprised Reeling and Writhing and the four branches of Arithmetic

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	2 comprised	nsubj
2	comprised	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Reeling	Reeling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 comprised	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Writhing	cc
5	Writhing	writhing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Reeling	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 branches	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 branches	det
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 branches	nummod
9	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 Reeling	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Arithmetic	case
11	Arithmetic	Arithmetic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 branches	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	past	It	Reeling and Writhing and the four branches of Arithmetic					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reeling=Pivot

Option 2

It included French and music and also the Classics taught by a crab

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	2 included	nsubj
2	included	include	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 included	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 music	cc
5	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 French	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Classics	cc
7	also	also	ADV	_	9 Classics	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Classics	det
9	Classics	classic	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 French	conj
10	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 Classics	acl
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 crab	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 crab	det
13	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 taught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	include	past	It	French and music and the Classics					vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent french=Theme
2	teach speech: other	participle		the Classics not said here				by a crab	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

It comprised Reeling and Writhing and the four branches of Arithmetic, with extra lessons in music, French, drawing and washing

The tree, 20 words

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	2 comprised	nsubj
2	comprised	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Reeling	Reeling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 comprised	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Writhing	cc
5	Writhing	writhing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Reeling	conj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 branches	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 branches	det
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 branches	nummod
9	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 Reeling	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Arithmetic	case
11	Arithmetic	Arithmetic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 branches	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lessons	punct
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 lessons	case
14	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lessons	amod
15	lessons	lesson	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 comprised	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 music	case
17	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 lessons	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 French	punct
19	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 lessons	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 drawing	punct
21	drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 comprised	advcl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 washing	cc
23	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 drawing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	past	It	Reeling and Writhing and the four branches of Arithmetic				with extra lessons in music	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reeling=Pivot
2	draw	gerund							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It comprised Reeling and Writhing, the four branches of Arithmetic, and also washing, French, and music each week in the sea

The tree, 21 words

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	2 comprised	nsubj
2	comprised	comprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Reeling	Reeling	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 comprised	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Writhing	cc
5	Writhing	writhing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Reeling	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 branches	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 branches	det
8	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 branches	nummod
9	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 Reeling	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Arithmetic	case
11	Arithmetic	Arithmetic	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 branches	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 washing	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 washing	cc
14	also	also	ADV	_	15 washing	advmod
15	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 comprised	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 French	punct
17	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 washing	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 music	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 music	cc
20	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprised	obl
21	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	22 week	det
22	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprised	obl:unmarked
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 sea	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sea	det
25	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 comprised	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comprise	past	It	Reeling and Writhing and the four branches of Arithmetic		the sea	week	music obl	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme reeling=Pivot
2	wash	gerund							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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