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Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

It is given that the protagonist threatened to set Dinah upon the assembled company. Determine the immediate consequence thereof.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: protagonist, you · What happens: give, threaten, set, assemble, determine · To what, where: It, Dinah, assembled company, immediate consequence

This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the pebbles and the puppy» 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 protagonist threatened to set Dinah upon the assembled company.

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 threatened	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 protagonist	det
6	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threatened	nsubj
7	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 set	mark
9	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 threatened	xcomp
10	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 set	obj
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 company	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 company	det
13	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 company	amod
14	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 set	obl
15	.	.	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	threaten	past	the protagonist						tree rules
3	set not said to happen	to-infinitive	the protagonist not said here	Dinah		the assembled company			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dinah=Theme upon company=Destination
4	assemble	participle							vn herd-47.5.2 «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 immediate consequence thereof.

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	4 consequence	det
3	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
5	thereof	thereof	ADV	_	1 Determine	advmod
6	.	.	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 immediate consequence				thereof property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They laughed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	They						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A dead silence instantly prevailed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 silence	det
2	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 silence	amod
3	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prevailed	nsubj
4	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	5 prevailed	advmod
5	prevailed	prevail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevail	past	a dead silence					instantly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

They all screamed and ran about

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 screamed	nsubj
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 screamed	advmod
3	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 ran	cc
5	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 screamed	conj
6	about	about	ADV	_	5 ran	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past	They						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	run about	past	They not said here					about property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Everyone fled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 fled	nsubj
2	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flee	past	Everyone						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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