Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eating of sea creatures and desisted. Select the response which most accurately characterises her reason.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, remark, sea creatures, you · What happens: give, commence, concern, eat, select, characteris · To what, where: It, remark, eating, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that Alice twice commenced a remark concerning the eating of sea creatures and desisted.

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	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 commenced	mark
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 commenced	nsubj
6	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 commenced	advmod
7	commenced	commence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 remark	det
9	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 commenced	obj
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 remark	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 eating	det
12	eating	eating	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 creatures	case
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 creatures	compound
15	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 eating	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 desisted	cc
17	desisted	deceased	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 creatures	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	commence	past	Alice	a remark	twice property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remark=Eventuality
3	concern	gerund	a remark not said here	the eating of sea creatures		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eating=Experiencer
4	eat		sea creatures			nom eating «act intransitive»: of=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.

Sentence 2: Select the response which most accurately characterises her reason.

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	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 reason	nmod:poss
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A wish not to give offence to her companions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 give	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 companions	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 companions	nmod:poss
9	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give	to-infinitive	a wish	offence	wish's companions				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent offence=Theme to companion=Recipient

Option 2

A wish to hear the rest of the Mock Turtle's story about the whiting before she spoke again

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hear	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 hear	mark
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rest	det
6	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hear	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	12 story	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Turtle	det
9	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Turtle	compound
10	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 story	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Turtle	case
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rest	nmod
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 whiting	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 whiting	det
15	whiting	whiting	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 story	nmod
16	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 spoke	mark
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 spoke	nsubj
18	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	advcl
19	again	again	ADV	_	18 spoke	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	to-infinitive	a wish	the rest of the Mock Turtle's story about the whiting					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rest=Stimulus
2	speak speech: other	past	wish				again		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A wish not to give offence to her companions, since the creatures were sensitive about being eaten

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 wish	det
2	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	nsubj
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 give	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 give	mark
5	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 give	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 companions	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 companions	nmod:poss
9	companions	companion	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 give	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sensitive	punct
11	since	since	SCONJ	_	15 sensitive	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 creatures	det
13	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sensitive	nsubj
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 sensitive	cop
15	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 give	conj
16	about	about	SCONJ	_	18 eaten	mark
17	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 eaten	aux:pass
18	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 sensitive	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not give	to-infinitive	a wish	offence	wish's companions		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent offence=Theme to companion=Recipient
2	is	past	the creatures			sensitive property	tree rules
3	eat	gerund · passive	the creatures not said here				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»

Option 4

A desire to keep the dance going

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 desire	det
2	desire	desire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 keep	mark
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dance	det
6	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keep	obj
7	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	to-infinitive	a desire	the dance					tree rules
2	go	gerund	the dance not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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