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

Ascertain the precaution observed by the protagonist prior to the consumption of the contents of the bottle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, observe, consume · To what, where: precaution, contents

This is exam question 2 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 precaution	det
3	precaution	precaution	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 precaution	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 observed	obl
8	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	11 consumption	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 prior	fixed
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 consumption	det
11	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 protagonist	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 contents	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 contents	det
14	contents	contents	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 consumption	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 bottle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bottle	det
17	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 contents	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the precaution		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent precaution=Topic
2	observe	participle		the precaution not said here	by the protagonist prior the consumption of the contents of the bottle	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	consume			the contents of the bottle		nom consumption «act transitive»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

She requested the Rabbit's permission to drink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 requested	nsubj
2	requested	request	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rabbit	det
4	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 permission	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Rabbit	case
6	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requested	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 drink	mark
8	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 permission	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	request	past	She	the Rabbit's permission	vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient
2	drink	to-infinitive	She not said here	the Rabbit's permission not said here	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	permit		the Rabbit		nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

She awaited the advice of her elder sister

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 awaited	nsubj
2	awaited	await	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 advice	det
4	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 awaited	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 sister	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sister	nmod:poss
7	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sister	amod
8	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 advice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	await	past	She	the advice of her elder sister					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She examined it for the word "poison"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 examined	nsubj
2	examined	examine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 examined	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 word	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 examined	obl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 poison	punct
8	poison	poison	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	appos
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 poison	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	examine	past	She	it				for the word	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Theme for word=Attribute

Option 4

She first poured a quantity upon the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 poured	nsubj
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 poured	advmod
3	poured	pour	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 quantity	det
5	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obj
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 poured	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pour	past	She	a quantity				upon the floor; first property	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quantity=Patient

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