Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

It is given that the jurors were engaged in writing prior to the commencement of the trial. Select the response which most accurately characterises the content of their writing.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, jurors · What happens: give, engage, select, characteris, write · To what, where: It, jurors, writing, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)» 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 the jurors were engaged in writing prior to the commencement of the trial.

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	_	8 engaged	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jurors	det
6	jurors	juror	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 engaged	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 engaged	aux:pass
8	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 writing	case
10	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 engaged	obl
11	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	14 commencement	case
12	to	to	ADP	_	11 prior	fixed
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 commencement	det
14	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 engaged	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 trial	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 trial	det
17	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 commencement	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	engage	past · passive		the jurors				in writing goal; prior the commencement of the trial	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in writing=Goal

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 content of their writing.

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 content	det
9	content	content	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 writing	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 writing	nmod:poss
12	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 content	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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
3	write		jurors = juror			nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

The verdict

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 verdict	det
2	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Their own names

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 names	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 names	amod
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name		Their = they						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The verdict, lest the Queen should ask for it again at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 verdict	det
2	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 verdict	punct
4	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	6 Queen	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 verdict	nmod
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 ask	aux
8	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ask	obl
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 ask	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 once	case
13	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should	the verdict lest the Queen				again	for it	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Their own names, lest these be forgotten before the trial concluded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 names	nmod:poss
2	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 names	amod
3	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forgotten	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 forgotten	punct
5	lest	lest	SCONJ	_	8 forgotten	mark
6	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	8 forgotten	nsubj:pass
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 forgotten	aux:pass
8	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	before	before	ADP	_	11 trial	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 trial	det
11	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgotten	obl
12	concluded	conclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 trial	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	forget	infinitive · passive		Their own names	before the trial	tree rules
2	conclude	participle		the trial not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	name		Their = they			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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