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

It is stated that a guinea-pig, having cheered, was «suppressed». Select the response which most accurately characterises the procedure.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: state, have, cheer, suppress, select, characteris · To what, where: It, response · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is stated that a guinea-pig, having cheered, was «suppressed».

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 stated	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stated	aux:pass
3	stated	state	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 pig	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pig	det
6	guinea	guinea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pig	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 guinea	punct
8	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stated	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 having	punct
10	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stated	advcl
11	cheered	cheer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 having	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 suppressed	punct
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 suppressed	aux:pass
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 suppressed	punct
15	suppressed	suppress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 stated	parataxis
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 suppressed	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stated	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	state speech: other	present · passive	It	tree rules
2	have	gerund		tree rules
3	cheer	participle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	suppress in a quote	past · passive		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»

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 procedure.

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 procedure	det
9	procedure	procedure	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

It was tied head first in a bag, then carried off

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 tied	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 tied	aux:pass
3	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 tied	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 bag	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bag	det
8	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tied	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 carried	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 carried	advmod
11	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 tied	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past · passive		It		a bag		first property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient head=Result
2	carry off	participle					then		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It was given a bag

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bag	det
5	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient bag=Theme

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

It was placed head first in a canvas bag, upon which the officers sat

The tree, 14 words

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 placed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 placed	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 bag	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bag	det
8	canvas	canvas	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bag	compound
9	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 sat	punct
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 sat	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 officers	det
14	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sat	nsubj
15	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past · passive		It		a canvas bag		first property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme head=Destination
2	sit	past	the officers						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon which=Location

Option 4

It was placed in a box and the officers sat upon it

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 placed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	aux:pass
3	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 box	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 placed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sat	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 officers	det
9	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sat	nsubj
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 placed	conj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	past · passive		It		a box			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination
2	sit	past	the officers			box			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon it=Location

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