Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence…

It is given that the King cited «Rule Forty-two». Select the response which most accurately characterises Alice's objection thereto.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, you, Alice · What happens: give, cite, select, characteris, object · To what, where: It, Rule, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 1: Alice's Evidence (Rule Forty-two and the unsigned letter)» 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 King cited «Rule Forty-two».

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	_	7 cited	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 cited	nsubj
7	cited	cite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Rule	punct
9	Rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cited	obj
10	Forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 Rule	flat
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 two	punct
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 Forty	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Rule	punct
14	.	.	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	cite	past	the King	Rule					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

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 Alice's objection thereto.

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	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 objection	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Alice	case
10	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	thereto	thereto	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
12	.	.	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, thereto property	tree rules
3	object		Alice			nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

That it was not a real law but was made up then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 law	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 law	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 law	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 law	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 law	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 law	amod
7	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 made	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 made	aux:pass
10	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 law	conj
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 made	compound:prt
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 law	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	That	a real law			then		tree rules
2	make up	past · passive	That not said here						vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

That it was not a regular rule but had been invented at that moment, and was therefore void altogether

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 rule	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rule	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rule	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 rule	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rule	det
6	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rule	amod
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 invented	cc
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 invented	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 invented	aux:pass
11	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rule	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 moment	case
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 moment	det
14	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 invented	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 void	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 void	cc
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 void	cop
18	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	19 void	advmod
19	void	void	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rule	parataxis
20	altogether	altogether	ADV	_	19 void	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	That	a regular rule			tree rules
2	invent	past · perfect · passive	That not said here		moment		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»
3	is	past				altogether, therefore, void property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That it was not a regular rule but had been invented at that moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 rule	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rule	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rule	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 rule	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rule	det
6	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rule	amod
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 invented	cc
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 invented	aux
10	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	11 invented	aux:pass
11	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rule	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 moment	case
13	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 moment	det
14	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	That	a regular rule					tree rules
2	invent	past · perfect · passive	That not said here				moment		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That it was not a regular rule at all, but had been invented at that very moment by the King

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 rule	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rule	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 rule	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 rule	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rule	det
6	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rule	amod
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 rule	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 invented	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 invented	cc
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 invented	aux
13	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 invented	aux:pass
14	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 rule	parataxis
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 that	case
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 invented	obl
17	very	very	ADV	_	18 moment	advmod
18	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 invented	obl:unmarked
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 King	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 King	det
21	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	past	That	a regular rule		all			tree rules
2	invent	past · perfect · passive	the King			that	moment		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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