Test 10 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

Callum, rough: "Shut up about your stupid cat, we're falling down a hole here!" Who in the story talks about Dinah while falling?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: shut up, fall down, talk, fall · To what, where: hole, story

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Hole (the fall)» of the books 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: Callum, rough: "Shut up about your stupid cat, we're falling down a hole here!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Callum	Callum	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rough	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Callum	punct
3	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Shut	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Shut	punct
6	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 rough	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 Shut	compound:prt
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 cat	case
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 cat	nmod:poss
10	stupid	stupid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cat	amod
11	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Shut	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 falling	punct
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 falling	nsubj
14	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 falling	aux
15	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 Shut	conj
16	down	down	ADP	_	18 hole	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 hole	det
18	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 falling	obl
19	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 falling	advmod
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	participle						about your stupid cat	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	fall down in a quote	present · progressive	we	a hole		here			vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient hole=Result

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: Who in the story talks about Dinah while falling?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 talks	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 story	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 story	det
4	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talks	obl
5	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 Dinah	case
7	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 talks	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 falling	mark
9	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 talks	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 talks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present				the story		about Dinah	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about dinah=Topic
2	fall	gerund							vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The Rabbit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rabbit	det
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Alice, speaking aloud to the Rabbit who was falling down beside her in the dark well

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 speaking	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 speaking	punct
3	speaking	speak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	3 speaking	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Rabbit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Rabbit	det
7	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 speaking	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 falling	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 falling	aux
10	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 Rabbit	acl:relcl
11	down	down	ADV	_	10 falling	advmod
12	beside	beside	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 falling	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 dark	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dark	det
16	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 falling	obl
17	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 speaking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	gerund						to the Rabbit; aloud, well property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to rabbit=Co-Agent
2	fall down	past · progressive	the Rabbit			the dark		beside Rabbit; down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beside she=Location

Option 3

The Rabbit, who was hurrying along the passage and talking to himself about his Duchess and ears

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Rabbit	det
2	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 hurrying	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 hurrying	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 hurrying	aux
6	hurrying	hurry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 Rabbit	parataxis
7	along	along	ADP	_	9 passage	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 passage	det
9	passage	passage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurrying	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 talking	cc
11	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 hurrying	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 himself	case
13	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 talking	obl
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 Duchess	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 Duchess	nmod:poss
16	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 talking	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 ears	cc
18	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 Rabbit	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry	past · progressive	the Rabbit and ears	the passage					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent passage=Agent
2	talk	gerund	the Rabbit and ears not said here		himself = he			about his Duchess	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to himself=Co-Agent about duchess=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Alice, to herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Alice	punct
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 herself	case
4	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Alice	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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