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Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the Whit…

It is given that the door of the chamber opened inwards. Determine the reason the Rabbit's attempt to enter proved a failure.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: door, you, attempt, Rabbit · What happens: give, open, determine, enter, prove, attempt · To what, where: It, reason, failure

This is exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 1: Stuck in the White Rabbit's house» 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 door of the chamber opened inwards.

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	_	10 opened	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 opened	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 chamber	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chamber	det
9	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 door	nmod
10	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	inwards	inwards	ADV	_	10 opened	advmod
12	.	.	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	open	past	the door of the chamber					inwards property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 reason the Rabbit's attempt to enter proved a failure.

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 reason	det
3	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rabbit	det
5	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 attempt	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Rabbit	case
7	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 enter	mark
9	enter	enter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 attempt	acl
10	proved	prove	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 attempt	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 failure	det
12	failure	failure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 proved	obj
13	.	.	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 reason the Rabbit's attempt					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	enter	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	prove	participle	the Rabbit's attempt not said here	a failure					vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent failure=Theme
4	attempt		the Rabbit						nom attempt «act transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

The hinge was rusted and would not turn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 hinge	det
2	hinge	hinge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rusted	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rusted	aux:pass
4	rusted	rust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 turn	cc
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 turn	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 turn	advmod
8	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rusted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rust	past · passive		the hinge					tree rules
2	not turn	would							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The Rabbit's paws slipped on the brass plate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rabbit	det
2	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 paws	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Rabbit	case
4	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slipped	nsubj
5	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 plate	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 plate	det
8	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 plate	compound
9	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	past	the Rabbit's paws			the brass plate			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The protagonist's elbow was pressed hard against it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protagonist	det
2	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elbow	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 protagonist	case
4	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pressed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pressed	aux:pass
6	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 pressed	advmod
8	against	against	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	past · passive		the protagonist's elbow				against protagonist; hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The protagonist's elbow was pressed hard against the door, so the Rabbit could not push it open from outside at all

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 protagonist	det
2	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 elbow	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 protagonist	case
4	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pressed	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 pressed	aux:pass
6	pressed	press	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 pressed	advmod
8	against	against	ADP	_	10 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pressed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 push	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 push	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Rabbit	det
14	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 push	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 push	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 push	advmod
17	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 pressed	parataxis
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 push	obj
19	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 push	xcomp
20	from	from	ADP	_	21 outside	case
21	outside	outside	ADV	_	17 push	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	past · passive		the protagonist's elbow				against the door; hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	not push	could	the Rabbit	elbow		all		open property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme from outside=Trajectory

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