Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the conclusion of the chapter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern, conclude · To what, where: conclusion, chapter

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 consistent	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 consistent	cop
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 facts	det
10	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 facts	amod
11	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 consistent	obl
12	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 facts	acl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 conclusion	det
14	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 chapter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 chapter	det
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 conclusion	nmod
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 consistent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present			of the following statements; with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the conclusion of the chapter		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus conclusion=Experiencer
5	conclude			the chapter		nom conclusion «cognition 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

The Mock Turtle finished his soup song completely, and only then did a cry that the trial was beginning cause the Gryphon to hurry away with Alice, who had been longing to leave

The tree, 33 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Turtle	det
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Turtle	compound
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 finished	nsubj
4	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 song	nmod:poss
6	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 song	compound
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 finished	obj
8	completely	completely	ADV	_	4 finished	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 did	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 did	cc
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 did	advmod
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 did	advmod
13	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 finished	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cry	det
15	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 did	obj
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	20 beginning	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 trial	det
18	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 beginning	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 beginning	aux
20	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 did	advcl
21	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	23 Gryphon	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Gryphon	det
23	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 beginning	obl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 hurry	mark
25	hurry	hurry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 beginning	advcl
26	away	away	ADV	_	25 hurry	advmod
27	with	with	ADP	_	28 Alice	case
28	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 hurry	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	33 longing	punct
30	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 longing	nsubj
31	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 longing	aux
32	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	33 longing	aux
33	longing	long	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 beginning	conj
34	to	to	PART	_	35 leave	mark
35	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	33 longing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	finish	past	the Mock Turtle	Turtle's soup song		completely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector song=Eventuality
2	do	past	the Mock Turtle not said here	a cry	then		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Eventuality
3	begin	past · progressive	the trial			cause the Gryphon	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	hurry away	to-infinitive	the trial not said here			with Alice; away property	vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with alice=Eventuality
5	long	past · perfect · progressive					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive					vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	sing		Turtle				nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

A cry that the trial was beginning caused the Gryphon to hurry away with Alice, while the Mock Turtle wept and the Lobster danced by the sea

The tree, 27 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cry	det
2	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 beginning	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trial	det
5	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beginning	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 beginning	aux
7	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cry	acl
8	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Gryphon	det
10	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 caused	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 hurry	mark
12	hurry	hurry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 caused	xcomp
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 hurry	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 Alice	case
15	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hurry	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 wept	punct
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	21 wept	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Turtle	det
19	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Turtle	compound
20	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 wept	nsubj
21	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 caused	conj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 danced	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Lobster	det
24	Lobster	Lobster	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 danced	nsubj
25	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 wept	conj
26	by	by	ADP	_	28 sea	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 sea	det
28	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 danced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	begin	past · progressive	the trial	a cry not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Eventuality
2	cause	past	a cry	the Gryphon		tree rules
3	hurry away	to-infinitive	the Gryphon not said here		with Alice; away property	vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with alice=Eventuality
4	weep	past	the Mock Turtle			vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	dance	past	the Lobster		by the sea	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sea=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A cry that the trial was beginning caused the Gryphon to hurry away with Alice

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cry	det
2	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 caused	nsubj
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 beginning	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 trial	det
5	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 beginning	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 beginning	aux
7	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 cry	acl
8	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Gryphon	det
10	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 caused	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 hurry	mark
12	hurry	hurry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 caused	xcomp
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 hurry	advmod
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 Alice	case
15	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hurry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	begin	past · progressive	the trial	a cry not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cry=Eventuality
2	cause	past	a cry	the Gryphon		tree rules
3	hurry away	to-infinitive	the Gryphon not said here		with Alice; away property	vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with alice=Eventuality

Option 4

Alice recited a poem and the Gryphon asked her to leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 recited	nsubj
2	recited	recite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 poem	det
4	poem	poem	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 recited	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Gryphon	det
7	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 asked	nsubj
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 recited	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 asked	iobj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 leave	mark
11	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 asked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	recite	past	Alice	a poem		vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	the Gryphon		Alice	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Gryphon not said here			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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