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It is given that the Mouse exclaimed "I had not!". Determine the interpretation erroneously placed upon this utterance by the protagonist.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mouse, you, protagonist · What happens: give, exclaim, not have, determine, place, utter · To what, where: It, interpretation, utterance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 6 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long tale, and Dinah again» 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 Mouse exclaimed "I had not!".

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 exclaimed	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Mouse	det
6	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 exclaimed	nsubj
7	exclaimed	exclaim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 exclaimed	ccomp
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 had	advmod
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 had	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	exclaim speech: express	past	the Mouse						vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not have in a quote	past	the Mouse = mouse						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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: Determine the interpretation erroneously placed upon this utterance by the protagonist.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 interpretation	det
3	interpretation	interpretation	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	erroneously	erroneously	ADV	_	5 placed	advmod
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 interpretation	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 utterance	case
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 utterance	det
8	utterance	utterance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 protagonist	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 protagonist	det
11	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 utterance	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the interpretation					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interpretation=Topic
2	place	participle		the interpretation not said here		this utterance by the protagonist		erroneously property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent upon utterance=Destination
3	utter		the protagonist						nom utterance «communication transitive»: by=agent

The options

Option 1

That the Mouse had mentioned a bow to be untied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 mentioned	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mouse	det
3	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mentioned	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mentioned	aux
5	mentioned	mention	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bow	det
7	bow	bow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mentioned	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	10 untied	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 untied	aux:pass
10	untied	untie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 bow	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mention speech: other	past · perfect · passive		That					tree rules
2	untie	to-infinitive · passive							vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

That the Mouse was talking about a tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 Mouse	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mouse	det
3	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 talking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 talking	aux
5	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 tail	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tail	det
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past · progressive	the Mouse					about a tail	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about tail=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

That the Mouse referred to a knot requiring to be undone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 referred	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mouse	det
3	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 referred	nsubj
4	referred	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 knot	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 knot	det
7	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 referred	obl
8	requiring	require	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 referred	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 undone	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 undone	aux:pass
11	undone	undo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 requiring	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	past	That					to a knot	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to knot=Co-Theme
2	require	gerund	That not said here						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	undo	to-infinitive · passive	That not said here						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»

Option 4

That the Mouse referred to a knot requiring to be undone, and that it was therefore not attending to anything

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	4 referred	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Mouse	det
3	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 referred	nsubj
4	referred	refer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 knot	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 knot	det
7	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 referred	obl
8	requiring	require	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 knot	acl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 undone	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 undone	aux:pass
11	undone	undo	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 requiring	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 attending	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 attending	cc
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 attending	mark
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 attending	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 attending	aux
17	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	19 attending	advmod
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 attending	advmod
19	attending	attend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 referred	advcl
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 anything	case
21	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	19 attending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refer	past	That					to a knot	vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to knot=Co-Theme
2	require	gerund	a knot not said here						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
3	undo	to-infinitive · passive	a knot not said here						vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»
4	not attend	past · progressive	Mouse					to anything; therefore property	vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to anything=Theme

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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