Test 3 · ★★ · The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, th…
At the Mad Tea-Party the Dormouse sleeps through nearly everything. Why does that suit a real dormouse?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dormouse, that · What happens: sleep, suit · To what, where: Mad Tea Party, real dormouse
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 401 «The real animals of Wonderland: the dodo, the dormouse, the March hare, flamingos and hedgehogs» of the biology course of Mova's primary school. 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: At the Mad Tea-Party the Dormouse sleeps through nearly everything.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 6 Party | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Party | det |
| 3 | Mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Party | amod |
| 4 | Tea | Tea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Party | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 Tea | punct |
| 6 | Party | Party | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sleeps | obl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Dormouse | det |
| 8 | Dormouse | Dormouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 sleeps | nsubj |
| 9 | sleeps | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 everything | case |
| 11 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 12 everything | advmod |
| 12 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 sleeps | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sleeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | the Dormouse | the Mad Tea Party | through everything | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: Why does that suit a real dormouse?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 suit | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 suit | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 suit | nsubj |
| 4 | suit | suit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dormouse | det |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 dormouse | amod |
| 7 | dormouse | dormouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 suit | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 suit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suit | present · do-support | that | a real dormouse | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real dormice only wake up when they hear music
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dormice | amod |
| 2 | dormice | dormouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wake | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 wake | advmod |
| 4 | wake | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 wake | compound:prt |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 hear | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hear | nsubj |
| 8 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wake | advcl |
| 9 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | present | Real dormice | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | hear | present | dormice = dormouse | music | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer music=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Real dormice sleep by day and hibernate for months
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dormice | amod |
| 2 | dormice | dormouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sleep | nsubj |
| 3 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 day | case |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sleep | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hibernate | cc |
| 7 | hibernate | hibernate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sleep | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 months | case |
| 9 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hibernate | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | Real dormice | day | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | hibernate | present | Real dormice not said here | month | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location |
Option 3
Real dormice sleep standing on their heads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dormice | amod |
| 2 | dormice | dormouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sleep | nsubj |
| 3 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 sleep | xcomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 heads | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 heads | nmod:poss |
| 7 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 standing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sleep | present | Real dormice | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stand | gerund | Real dormice not said here | dormice's heads | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on head=Location |
Option 4
Real dormice are always ill and need more rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 dormice | amod |
| 2 | dormice | dormouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ill | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ill | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 ill | advmod |
| 5 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 need | cc |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ill | conj |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 rest | amod |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Real dormice | always, ill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need | present | Real dormice not said here | more rest | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot rest=Theme |
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