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

Identify the occasion of the Hatter's trembling to the point that both his shoes were shaken off.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, occasion · What happens: identify, tremble, shake off · To what, where: occasion, shoes

This is exam question 1 of lesson 22 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tarts? (the Hatter, the cook and a surprise 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 occasion	det
3	occasion	occasion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	SCONJ	_	8 trembling	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hatter	det
6	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 trembling	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Hatter	case
8	trembling	tremble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 occasion	acl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 point	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 point	det
11	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trembling	obl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 shaken	obj
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	15 shoes	det
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 shoes	nmod:poss
15	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 shaken	nsubj:pass
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 shaken	aux:pass
17	shaken	shake	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 point	acl:relcl
18	off	off	ADP	_	17 shaken	compound:prt
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the occasion		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent occasion=Theme
2	tremble	gerund	the occasion not said here		to the point	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	shake off	past · passive		Hatter's shoes		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme that=Destination

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

The sneezing guests

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 guests	det
2	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guests	compound
3	guests	guest	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 2

The Queen's order to count the singers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 order	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Queen	case
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 count	mark
6	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 order	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 singers	det
8	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 count	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	to-infinitive		the singers					vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent singer=Theme
2	order		the Queen						nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The Queen's demand for the list of singers at the last concert

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Queen	det
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 demand	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Queen	case
4	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 list	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 list	det
7	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 demand	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 singers	case
9	singers	singer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 list	nmod
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 concert	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 concert	det
12	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 concert	amod
13	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 singers	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	demand		the Queen					for the list of singers at the last concert	nom demand «communication transitive»: poss=agent for=obl
2	list			singers at the last concert					nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

The King's question about tea and tarts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 question	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 King	case
4	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 tea	case
6	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 question	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 tarts	cc
8	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 question	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	question		the King					about tea	nom question «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

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