Exam question 2 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

Ascertain the true nature of the body of salt water into which the protagonist subsequently fell.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, protagonist · What happens: ascertain, fall · To what, where: true nature, salt water

This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears and the Mouse» 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nature	det
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 nature	amod
4	nature	nature	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 body	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 nature	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 water	case
9	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 water	compound
10	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 body	nmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 fell	obl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 protagonist	det
14	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fell	nsubj
15	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	16 fell	advmod
16	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 water	acl:relcl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the true nature of the body of salt water					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nature=Topic
2	fall	past	the protagonist			salt water		subsequently property	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into which=Result

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

The pool of tears previously shed by the Mouse and by herself in the long hall

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	2 pool	det
2	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tears	case
4	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pool	nmod
5	previously	previously	ADV	_	6 shed	advmod
6	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 Mouse	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Mouse	det
9	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 herself	cc
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 herself	case
12	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 Mouse	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 hall	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hall	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 hall	amod
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shed	participle · passive	the Mouse	the pool of tears		the long hall		previously property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Source

Option 2

The river of bath water from the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 water	case
4	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 water	compound
5	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 river	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 house	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 river	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The pool of tears previously shed by herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pool	det
2	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tears	case
4	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pool	nmod
5	previously	previously	ADV	_	6 shed	advmod
6	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 herself	case
8	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 shed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shed	participle · passive	herself = she	the pool of tears				previously property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Source

Option 4

The pool of tears previously shed by herself while she was nine feet high and very sad

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pool	det
2	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shed	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 tears	case
4	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pool	nmod
5	previously	previously	ADV	_	6 shed	advmod
6	shed	shed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 herself	case
8	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 shed	obl
9	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 high	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 high	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 high	cop
12	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 feet	nummod
13	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 high	obl:unmarked
14	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shed	advcl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sad	cc
16	very	very	ADV	_	17 sad	advmod
17	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 high	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	shed	participle · passive	herself = she	the pool of tears	previously property	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Source
2	is	past	she		nine feet obl:unmarked; high property	tree rules
3	be		she not said here			tree rules

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