Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…

Select the response that most accurately characterises the protagonist's habit as regards counsel addressed to herself.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, most, regards · What happens: select, characteris, counsel, address · To what, where: response, habit, herself

This is exam question 4 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	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	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Select	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 protagonist	det
9	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 habit	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 protagonist	case
11	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 counsel	mark
13	regards	regards	NOUN	Number=Ptan	14 counsel	nsubj
14	counsel	counsel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 characterises	advcl
15	addressed	address	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 counsel	xcomp
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 herself	case
17	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 addressed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	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	most	the protagonist's habit		tree rules
3	counsel speech: other	present	regards			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	address	participle	regards not said here		herself = she	vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: 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

It was generally sound but seldom followed

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	4 sound	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sound	cop
3	generally	generally	ADV	_	4 sound	advmod
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 followed	cc
6	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	7 followed	advmod
7	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sound	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	sound				generally property	tree rules
2	follow	participle						seldom property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

It was invariably followed without delay

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	4 followed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 followed	aux:pass
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	4 followed	advmod
4	followed	follow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 delay	case
6	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 followed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past · passive		It				without delay; invariably property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It was given exclusively to her elder sister

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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 given	advmod
5	to	to	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	3 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		It	her elder sister			exclusively property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to sister=Recipient

Option 4

It was offered solely in the French language

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 offered	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 offered	aux:pass
3	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 offered	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 language	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 language	det
7	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 language	amod
8	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 offered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	past · passive		It		the French language		solely property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

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