Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 2: Who Stole the Tar…

Which of the following statements is consistent with the established facts concerning the third witness?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: established facts · What happens: follow, be, establish, concern · To what, where: third witness

This is exam question 4 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	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	15 witness	det
14	third	third	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 witness	amod
15	witness	witness	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 concerning	obj
16	?	?	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 third witness		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus witness=Experiencer

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 right answer

The White Rabbit called the name «Alice!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rabbit	det
2	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rabbit	amod
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obj
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Alice	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 name	appos
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 Alice	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the White Rabbit	the name					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient

Option 2

The White Rabbit called the name «Alice!» and she stood up at once to answer him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rabbit	det
2	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rabbit	amod
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 called	nsubj
4	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 name	det
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 called	obj
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Alice	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 name	appos
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 Alice	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Alice	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stood	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 stood	nsubj
13	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 stood	compound:prt
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 stood	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 answer	mark
18	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 stood	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 answer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	call	past	the White Rabbit	the name		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	stand up	past	Rabbit			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location
3	answer speech: assert	to-infinitive	Rabbit not said here		Alice	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

Option 3

The Hatter called the name «Alice!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 name	det
5	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 Alice	punct
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 name	appos
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 Alice	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 name	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past	the Hatter	the name					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The White Rabbit read out the name «Dinah!» and then the cook came running in from the kitchen

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rabbit	det
2	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rabbit	amod
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 read	nsubj
4	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 read	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 read	obj
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Dinah	punct
9	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 name	appos
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 Dinah	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Dinah	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 came	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 came	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cook	det
15	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 read	conj
17	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 came	advcl
18	in	in	ADV	_	17 running	advmod
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 kitchen	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 kitchen	det
21	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 running	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	read out	past	the White Rabbit	the name			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	come	past	the cook			then	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	run	gerund	the cook not said here		the kitchen		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from kitchen=Trajectory

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