Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…

Identify the object discovered by the protagonist upon the three-legged table of solid glass on the first occasion.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, discover · To what, where: object

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors, DRINK ME and EAT ME» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 object	det
3	object	object	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 object	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 protagonist	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 protagonist	det
7	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovered	obl
8	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 table	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 table	det
10	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 legged	nummod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 three	punct
12	legged	legged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 table	amod
13	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 discovered	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 glass	case
15	solid	solid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 glass	amod
16	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 table	nmod
17	on	on	ADP	_	20 occasion	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 occasion	det
19	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	20 occasion	amod
20	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 glass	nmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the object					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent object=Theme
2	discover	participle		the object not said here				by the protagonist; upon the legged table of solid glass on the first occasion	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=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

A diminutive golden key

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 key	det
2	diminutive	diminutive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 key	amod
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 key	amod
4	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A cake marked in currants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cake	det
2	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	marked	mark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cake	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 currants	case
5	currants	currant	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 marked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mark	participle		a cake not said here		currants			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent in currant=Destination

Option 3

A bottle bearing a label

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bottle	det
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 bottle	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 label	det
5	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bearing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	a bottle not said here	a label					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Patient

Option 4

A box constructed of glass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 box	det
2	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	constructed	construct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 box	acl
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 glass	case
5	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 constructed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	construct	participle		a box not said here				of glass	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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