Exam question 3 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Cate…

It is given that the Caterpillar was exactly three inches in height. Determine the reason for its displeasure at the protagonist's remark.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Caterpillar, you, reason, protagonist · What happens: give, be, determine, displease, remark · To what, where: It, three inches, height, reason, remark

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 1: Advice from a Caterpillar» 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 Caterpillar was exactly three inches in height.

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 inches	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Caterpillar	det
6	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 inches	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 inches	cop
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	9 three	advmod
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 inches	nummod
10	inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 height	case
12	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 inches	nmod
13	.	.	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	is a	past	the Caterpillar	three inches		height			tree rules

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 for its displeasure at the protagonist's remark.

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	for	for	ADP	_	6 displeasure	case
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 displeasure	nmod:poss
6	displeasure	displeasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reason	nmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	11 remark	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 protagonist	det
9	protagonist	protagonist	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 remark	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 protagonist	case
11	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 displeasure	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the reason		for reason's displeasure at the protagonist's remark	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic
2	displease		reason		the protagonist's remark		nom displeasure «feeling transitive»: poss=agent at=place
3	remark		the protagonist				nom remark «communication transitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

She had described that very height as wretched after it had already warned her to keep her temper

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 described	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	aux
3	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 height	mark
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 height	advmod
6	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 wretched	case
8	wretched	wretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 described	obl
9	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 warned	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 warned	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 warned	aux
12	already	already	ADV	_	13 warned	advmod
13	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 warned	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 keep	mark
16	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 warned	advcl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 temper	nmod:poss
18	temper	temper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	describe	past · perfect	She	height		as wretched	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as wretched=Attribute
2	warn speech: warn	past	height		her = she		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	keep	to-infinitive	height not said here	her temper			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Theme
4	temper		her = she				nom temper «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She had described that very height as wretched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 described	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	aux
3	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 height	mark
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 height	advmod
6	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 wretched	case
8	wretched	wretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 described	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	past · perfect	She	height				as wretched	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent as wretched=Attribute

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She had said the creature was far too rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	aux
3	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 creature	det
5	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rude	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 rude	cop
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 rude	advmod
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 rude	advmod
9	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · perfect	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the creature					far, rude property	tree rules

Option 4

She had described that very height as wretched, which is rude to anyone who is that exact height

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 described	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 described	aux
3	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 height	mark
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 height	advmod
6	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 described	xcomp
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 wretched	case
8	wretched	wretched	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 height	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 rude	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 rude	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 rude	cop
12	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 height	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 anyone	case
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 rude	obl
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 height	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 height	cop
17	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 height	det
18	exact	exact	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 height	amod
19	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 anyone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	describe	past · perfect	She	height as wretched		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	height as wretched		to anyone; rude property	tree rules
3	is a	present		that exact height		tree rules

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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