--- title: Identify the character who appeared to exercise authority over the a… — Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the character who appeared to exercise authority over the assembled party upon the bank. Exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing… Identify the character who appeared to exercise authority over the assembled party upon the bank. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, character · **What happens:** identify, appear, exercise, assemble · **To what, where:** character, authority, assembled party This is exam question 1 of lesson 5 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter III, part 1: The driest thing and the Caucus-race» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e1:1 # text = Identify the character who appeared to exercise authority over the assembled party upon the bank. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 5 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 exercise exercise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 9 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 amod _ _ 12 party party NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 13 upon upon ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the character | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent character=Theme | | 2 | **appear** | past | the character | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 3 | **exercise** | to-infinitive | the character *not said here* | authority | | the assembled party | | upon the bank | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Patient | | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Lory ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e1:o1:1 # text = Lory 1 Lory lory NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The Mouse ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e1:o2:1 # text = The Mouse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} The Dodo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e1:o3:1 # text = The Dodo 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Dodo Dodo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Dodo ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:5-alice-ch3-part1-a-caucus-race:e1:o4:1 # text = Dodo 1 Dodo Dodo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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