Exam question 3 · Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice…

Select the response consistent with the account of the Gryphon in respect of the Queen's repeated command «Off with her head!».

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Queen · What happens: select, repeat, account, respect, command · To what, where: response, Gryphon, repeated command · Speech: someone speaks here

This is exam question 3 of lesson 54 «Off with her head and the finest house on the river: Alice and Toad» 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 account	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 account	det
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 Gryphon	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Gryphon	det
10	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 account	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 respect	case
12	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Gryphon	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	18 command	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Queen	det
15	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 command	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Queen	case
17	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 command	amod
18	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 respect	nmod
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	23 head	punct
20	Off	off	ADV	_	23 head	advmod
21	with	with	ADP	_	23 head	case
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 head	nmod:poss
23	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 command	appos
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	23 head	punct
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 head	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	repeat	participle			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	account			the Gryphon in respect of the Queen's repeated command	nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient
4	respect			the Queen's repeated command	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
5	command		the Queen		nom command «communication transitive»: poss=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

The executions are carried out once a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executions	det
2	executions	execution	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carried	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carried	aux:pass
4	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 carried	compound:prt
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 carried	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 minute	det
8	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carried	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry out	present · passive		the executions			minute	once property	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2

The executions are deferred until the trial

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executions	det
2	executions	execution	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 deferred	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deferred	aux:pass
4	deferred	defer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	until	until	ADP	_	7 trial	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trial	det
7	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defer	present · passive		the executions			until the trial		vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: subject=Source

Option 3

The executions are confined to the gardeners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executions	det
2	executions	execution	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 confined	aux:pass
4	confined	confine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 gardeners	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gardeners	det
7	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confine	present · passive		the executions	the gardeners				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to gardener=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The executions are her fancy, and none is carried out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executions	det
2	executions	execution	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 carried	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fancy	cop
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fancy	nmod:poss
5	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 executions	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 carried	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 carried	cc
8	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	10 carried	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 carried	aux:pass
10	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	out	out	ADP	_	10 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		her fancy					tree rules
2	carry out	present · passive		the executions					vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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