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

It is given that the Queen proposed «Sentence first—verdict afterwards». Select the response which most accurately characterises Alice's reply.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen, you, Alice · What happens: give, propose, select, characteris, reply · To what, where: It, Sentence, response

This is exam question 2 of lesson 24 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XII, part 2: Alice's Evidence (sentence first, a pack of cards, and waking up)» 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 Queen proposed «Sentence first—verdict afterwards».

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 proposed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 proposed	nsubj
7	proposed	propose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Sentence	punct
9	Sentence	sentence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposed	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 Sentence	advmod
11	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 verdict	punct
12	verdict	verdict	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Sentence	appos
13	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	12 verdict	advmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 Sentence	punct
15	.	.	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	propose	past	the Queen	Sentence					vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentence=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 reply.

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 reply	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Alice	case
10	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	.	.	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
3	reply		Alice						nom reply «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

«I will not agree»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 agree	punct
2	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 agree	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 agree	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 agree	advmod
5	agree	agree	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 agree	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not agree speech: agree in a quote	future	I						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

«Stuff and nonsense!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Stuff	punct
2	Stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 nonsense	cc
4	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Stuff	conj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Stuff	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Stuff	punct

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

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

«Off with your head»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Off	punct
2	Off	off	ADV	_	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 head	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Off	obl
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Off	punct

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

Option 4

«Stuff and nonsense! That is the silliest thing I have ever heard said in a court of law»

Sentence 1: «Stuff and nonsense!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 Stuff	punct
2	Stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 nonsense	cc
4	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Stuff	conj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Stuff	punct

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

Sentence 2: That is the silliest thing I have ever heard said in a court of law»

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 thing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	silliest	silly	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 heard	advmod
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 thing	acl:relcl
10	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 heard	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 court	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 court	det
13	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 said	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 law	case
15	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 court	nmod
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	That	the silliest thing					tree rules
2	hear	present · perfect	I	the silliest thing not said here			ever		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	participle	the silliest thing not said here			a court of law			vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent in court=Manner

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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