Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

What would a real person probably do if they fell four thousand miles?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: real person, they · What happens: do, fall · To what, where: thousand miles

This is test 12 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	1 What	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 would	nsubj
6	probably	probably	ADV	_	7 do	advmod
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 fell	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fell	nsubj
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 thousand	compound
12	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 miles	nummod
13	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 fell	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	a real person not said here					probably property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall a condition, not said to happen	past	they	thousand miles					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient mile=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.

The options

Option 1

Call out loudly and wait for someone to come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Call	compound:prt
3	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	1 Call	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wait	cc
5	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Call	conj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 someone	case
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 wait	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wait	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	call out speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	loudly property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here	for someone	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Fall much more slowly and then land very softly on a heap of soft pillows, which is what really happens in dreams

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	much	much	ADV	_	3 more	advmod
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 slowly	advmod
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Fall	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 land	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 land	advmod
7	land	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fall	conj
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 softly	advmod
9	softly	softly	ADV	_	7 land	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 heap	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 heap	det
12	heap	heap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 land	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 pillows	case
14	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pillows	amod
15	pillows	pillow	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 heap	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 what	punct
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 what	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 what	cop
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 pillows	acl:relcl
20	really	really	ADV	_	21 happens	advmod
21	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 what	acl:relcl
22	in	in	ADP	_	23 dreams	case
23	dreams	dream	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 happens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	imperative	you not said here				slowly property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	land	present	you not said here		a heap of soft pillows	then	softly property	vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on heap=Destination
3	is a	present	soft pillows	a heap of soft pillows				tree rules
4	happen	present			dreams			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in dream=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Get badly hurt, so the gentle fall shows it is dreamlike

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 hurt	advmod
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Get	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shows	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 shows	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fall	det
7	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 fall	amod
8	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shows	nsubj
9	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	parataxis
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 dreamlike	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 dreamlike	cop
12	dreamlike	dreamlike	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hurt	participle	you not said here	badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	show	present	the gentle fall		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	fall	dreamlike property	tree rules

Option 4

Be very badly hurt, perhaps even killed, so the gentle fall, which Alice does not suffer from, shows it is a dream

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 hurt	aux:pass
2	very	very	ADV	_	4 hurt	advmod
3	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hurt	advmod
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 killed	punct
6	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	8 killed	advmod
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 killed	advmod
8	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hurt	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 shows	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	22 shows	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fall	det
12	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 fall	amod
13	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 shows	nsubj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 suffer	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 suffer	obj
16	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 suffer	nsubj
17	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 suffer	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 suffer	advmod
19	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 fall	conj
20	from	from	ADP	_	19 suffer	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fall	punct
22	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	conj
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 dream	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 dream	cop
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 dream	det
26	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 shows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hurt	infinitive · passive			badly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»
2	kill	participle			perhaps property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	not suffer	present · do-support	Alice	the gentle fall		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus
4	show	present	the gentle fall			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	fall	a dream		tree rules

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