Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and cur…

Identify the reason for which the protagonist uttered the expression "Curiouser and curiouser".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, protagonist · What happens: identify, utter · To what, where: reason, expression

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 1: Curiouser and curiouser (who am I?)» 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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 uttered	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 protagonist	det
7	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uttered	nsubj
8	uttered	utter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 reason	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 expression	det
10	expression	expression	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 uttered	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 Curiouser	punct
12	Curiouser	curious	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 expression	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 curiouser	cc
14	curiouser	curious	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 Curiouser	conj
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 Curiouser	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the reason					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	utter speech: other	past	the protagonist	the expression				for the reason	vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent expression=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice

Her surprise at growing so tall caused her to forget correct English, and also her manners

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 surprise	nmod:poss
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 caused	nsubj
3	at	at	SCONJ	_	4 growing	mark
4	growing	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 surprise	acl
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 tall	advmod
6	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 growing	xcomp
7	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 caused	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 forget	mark
10	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 caused	xcomp
11	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 English	amod
12	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 forget	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 manners	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 manners	cc
15	also	also	ADV	_	17 manners	advmod
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 manners	nmod:poss
17	manners	manners	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 caused	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	grow	gerund	Her surprise not said here			tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cause	past	Her surprise		her = she		tree rules
3	forget	to-infinitive	Her surprise not said here	correct English			tree rules
4	surprise		Her = she				nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Her surprise caused her to forget correct English, because the hall was hot and she was tired from the fall through the hole.

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 surprise	nmod:poss
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caused	iobj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 forget	mark
6	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 caused	xcomp
7	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 English	amod
8	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 forget	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 hot	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	14 hot	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hall	det
12	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hot	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 hot	cop
14	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 caused	parataxis
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 tired	cc
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 tired	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 tired	cop
18	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hot	conj
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 fall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 fall	det
21	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 tired	obl
22	through	through	ADP	_	24 hole	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 hole	det
24	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 fall	nmod
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 caused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Her surprise		her = she			tree rules
2	forget	to-infinitive	Her surprise not said here	correct English				tree rules
3	is	past	the hall				hot property	tree rules
4	is	past	surprise			the fall through the hole	tired property	tree rules
5	surprise		Her = she					nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her surprise caused her temporarily to forget correct English

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 surprise	nmod:poss
2	surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 caused	nsubj
3	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 caused	iobj
5	temporarily	temporarily	ADV	_	3 caused	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 forget	mark
7	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 caused	advcl
8	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 English	amod
9	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	cause	past	Her surprise		her = she	temporarily property	vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Patient
2	forget	to-infinitive	Her surprise not said here	correct English			tree rules
3	surprise		Her = she				nom surprise «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Surprise at her new size made her speech go wrong for a moment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Surprise	surprise	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 size	case
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 size	nmod:poss
4	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 size	amod
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Surprise	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	obj
8	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	nsubj
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	ccomp
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 go	xcomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 moment	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 moment	det
13	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	Surprise at Surprise's new size	her = she					tree rules
2	go	present	speech				moment	wrong property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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