Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter II, part 2: The Pool of Tears…

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the reason for which the Mouse repeatedly withdrew from the protagonist.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, Mouse · What happens: select, establish, concern, withdraw · To what, where: response, reason, protagonist

This is exam question 4 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	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	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 consistent	advmod
5	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	amod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 facts	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 facts	det
8	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 facts	amod
9	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consistent	obl
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 facts	acl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 reason	det
12	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 which	case
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 withdrew	obl
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mouse	det
16	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 withdrew	nsubj
17	repeatedly	repeatedly	ADV	_	18 withdrew	advmod
18	withdrew	withdraw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 reason	parataxis
19	from	from	ADP	_	21 protagonist	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 protagonist	det
21	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 withdrew	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the reason			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reason=Experiencer
4	withdraw	past	the Mouse		the protagonist	for the reason; repeatedly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from protagonist=Initial_Location

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

She was too loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 loud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 loud	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					loud property	tree rules

Option 2

She spoke of dogs that bark at cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 dogs	case
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spoke	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 bark	nsubj
6	bark	bark	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dogs	acl:relcl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 cats	case
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bark	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	She					of dogs	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bark	present	dogs					at cats	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at cat=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She spoke of animals that hunt mice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 animals	case
4	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spoke	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hunt	nsubj
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 animals	acl:relcl
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	She					of animals	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hunt	present	animals	mice					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme

Option 4

She spoke of rats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 spoke	nsubj
2	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 rats	case
4	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	She					of rats	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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