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

It is given that Alice was required to recite a poem. Select the response which most accurately characterises the consequence.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, require, recite, select, characteris · To what, where: It, Alice, poem, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 20 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadrille (poems gone wrong and Beautiful Soup)» 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 was required to recite a poem.

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 required	mark
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 required	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 required	aux:pass
7	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 recite	mark
9	recite	recite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 required	xcomp
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 poem	det
11	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recite	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	give	present · passive	It	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	require	past · passive	Alice	vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	recite	to-infinitive	a poem	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme

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 the consequence.

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 consequence	det
9	consequence	consequence	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 · ✓ the right answer

The words came very queer, her head being full of the Lobster Quadrille

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 queer	advmod
5	queer	queer	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 full	punct
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 head	nmod:poss
8	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 full	nsubj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 full	cop
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 came	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 Quadrille	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Quadrille	det
13	Lobster	Lobster	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Quadrille	compound
14	Quadrille	Quadrille	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	the words					queer property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	gerund	her head					of the Lobster Quadrille; full property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She got all the words right but spoke too slowly and quietly

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 words	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 words	det
5	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 spoke	cc
8	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
9	too	too	ADV	_	10 slowly	advmod
10	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	8 spoke	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 quietly	cc
12	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	10 slowly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	She	all words				right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus
2	speak speech: other	past	She not said here					slowly property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The words were fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	nsubj
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the words					fine property	tree rules

Option 4

The words came out in the wrong order

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 words	det
2	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 order	det
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 order	amod
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	the words			the wrong order		out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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