Exam question 3 · Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the riddle propounded by the Hatter.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, propound · To what, where: response, riddle

This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Alice's word games: puns, parodies and nonsense» of the language 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	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 riddle	det
11	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	propounded	propound	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 riddle	acl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 Hatter	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Hatter	det
15	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 propounded	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	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 riddle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus riddle=Experiencer
4	propound	participle		the riddle not said here	by the Hatter	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It was devised without any answer, as the author subsequently acknowledged

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 devised	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 devised	aux:pass
3	devised	devise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 answer	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 answer	det
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 author	punct
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 author	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 author	det
10	author	author	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 devised	parataxis
11	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	_	12 acknowledged	advmod
12	acknowledged	acknowledge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 author	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	devise	past · passive		It				without any answer	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	acknowledge	participle		the author not said here				subsequently property	vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Its answer is supplied by the Dormouse at the close of the chapter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 answer	nmod:poss
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supplied	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 supplied	aux:pass
4	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Dormouse	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dormouse	det
7	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 supplied	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 close	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 close	det
10	close	close	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supplied	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 chapter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 chapter	det
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 close	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present · passive	the Dormouse	Its answer		the close of the chapter			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	answer		Its = it						nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Its answer appears upon the final page of the volume

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 answer	nmod:poss
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appears	nsubj
3	appears	appear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 page	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 page	det
6	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 page	amod
7	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 appears	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 volume	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 volume	det
10	volume	volume	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 page	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	appear	present	Its answer		the final page of the volume	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon page=Location
2	answer		Its = it			nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	page			the volume		nom page «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Its answer is revealed by the Queen of Hearts during the trial of the Knave

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 answer	nmod:poss
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 revealed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 revealed	aux:pass
4	revealed	reveal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 revealed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Hearts	case
9	Hearts	Heart	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 Queen	nmod
10	during	during	ADP	_	12 trial	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trial	det
12	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 revealed	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 Knave	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Knave	det
15	Knave	Knave	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 trial	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	reveal	present · passive	the Queen of Hearts	Its answer	during the trial of the Knave	vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic
2	answer		Its = it			nom answer «communication transitive»: poss=agent
3	try			the Knave		nom trial «act transitive»: of=patient

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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