Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 2: Prizes, a long t…

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the departure of the birds.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, birds · What happens: select, establish, concern, depart · To what, where: response, departure

This is exam question 4 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

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 departure	det
12	departure	departure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 birds	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 birds	det
15	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 departure	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 departure of the birds	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus departure=Experiencer
4	depart		the birds		nom departure «act intransitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1

It followed the protagonist's long account of Dinah's habits, given while the Mouse was trying to speak

The tree, 19 words

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	2 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 protagonist	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 account	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 protagonist	case
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 account	amod
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 habits	case
9	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 habits	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Dinah	case
11	habits	habit	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 account	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 given	punct
13	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 habits	acl
14	while	while	SCONJ	_	18 trying	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Mouse	det
16	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 trying	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 trying	aux
18	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 given	advcl
19	to	to	PART	_	20 speak	mark
20	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 trying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the protagonist's long account of Dinah's habits	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	give	participle		Dinah's habits not said here	vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	try	past · progressive	the Mouse		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Mouse not said here		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	account		the protagonist	Dinah's habits	nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 2

It came after the Dodo's great speech about prizes

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	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	8 speech	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Dodo	det
5	Dodo	Dodo	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 speech	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Dodo	case
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 speech	amod
8	speech	speech	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 came	obl
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 prizes	case
10	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 speech	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	It				after the Dodo's great speech about prizes		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	speak		the Dodo					about prizes	nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent about=obl

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It followed the protagonist's account of Dinah's habits

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	2 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 protagonist	det
4	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 account	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 protagonist	case
6	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 habits	case
8	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 habits	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Dinah	case
10	habits	habit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	past	It	the protagonist's account of Dinah's habits					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme
2	account		the protagonist	Dinah's habits					nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It happened once the comfits were all eaten up

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	2 happened	nsubj
2	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	once	once	SCONJ	_	8 eaten	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 comfits	det
5	comfits	comfit	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eaten	nsubj:pass
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 eaten	aux:pass
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 eaten	advmod
8	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 happened	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 eaten	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	It						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat up	past · passive		the comfits				all property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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