Exam question 4 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IV, part 2: Little Bill, the…

Select the response most consistent with the established facts concerning the creature observed upon the summit of the mushroom.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, observe · To what, where: response, creature

This is exam question 4 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

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 creature	det
12	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 concerning	obj
13	observed	observe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 creature	acl
14	upon	upon	ADP	_	16 summit	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 summit	det
16	summit	summit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 observed	obl
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 mushroom	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 mushroom	det
19	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 summit	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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 creature		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus creature=Experiencer
4	observe	participle		the creature not said here	upon the summit of the mushroom	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

A small brown mouse reading a book

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 mouse	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mouse	amod
3	brown	brown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mouse	amod
4	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	reading	read	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 mouse	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 book	det
7	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund	a small brown mouse not said here	a book					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

Option 2

A large grey cat sleeping on a stool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cat	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cat	amod
3	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cat	amod
4	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 cat	acl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 stool	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stool	det
8	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sleeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund	a large grey cat not said here			a stool			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A large blue caterpillar smoking a hookah and sitting with its arms folded, saying nothing

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 caterpillar	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 caterpillar	amod
3	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 caterpillar	amod
4	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	smoking	smoke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 caterpillar	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hookah	det
7	hookah	hookah	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smoking	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sitting	cc
9	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 smoking	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 arms	case
11	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arms	nmod:poss
12	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sitting	obl
13	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 arms	acl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 saying	punct
15	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 smoking	conj
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	smoke	gerund	a large blue caterpillar not said here	a hookah		vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hookah=Source
2	sit	gerund	a large blue caterpillar not said here		with hookah's arms	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	fold	participle		hookah's arms not said here		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4	say speech: assert	gerund	a large blue caterpillar not said here	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A large blue caterpillar smoking a hookah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 caterpillar	det
2	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 caterpillar	amod
3	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 caterpillar	amod
4	caterpillar	caterpillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	smoking	smoke	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 caterpillar	acl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hookah	det
7	hookah	hookah	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 smoking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	smoke	gerund	a large blue caterpillar not said here	a hookah					vn eat-39.1-1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent hookah=Source

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