Test 13 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

Why does the narrator say there was "nothing so very remarkable" in seeing the Rabbit at first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: narrator, nothing · What happens: say, be, see · To what, where: Rabbit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 narrator	det
4	narrator	narrator	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 was	expl
7	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	ccomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 nothing	punct
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 was	nsubj
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 remarkable	advmod
11	very	very	ADV	_	12 remarkable	advmod
12	remarkable	remarkable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 nothing	amod
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 remarkable	punct
14	in	in	SCONJ	_	15 seeing	mark
15	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 remarkable	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Rabbit	det
17	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seeing	obj
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 first	case
19	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 seeing	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the narrator			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past	nothing		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	gerund	nothing not said here	the Rabbit		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rabbit=Stimulus

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

Rabbits run about gardens, and she was not alarmed by it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 run	nsubj
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 gardens	case
4	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 run	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 alarmed	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 alarmed	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 alarmed	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 alarmed	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 alarmed	advmod
10	alarmed	alarm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 run	advcl
11	by	by	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 alarmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	Rabbits					about gardens	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about garden=Trajectory
2	not alarm	past · passive		she				by it	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Rabbits are common, and she thought little of it then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 common	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 common	cop
3	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thought	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 thought	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 thought	nsubj
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 common	conj
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thought	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 little	nmod
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 thought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rabbits					common property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	past	she	little of it			then		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot little=Theme

Option 3

Rabbits are very rare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rare	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 rare	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 rare	advmod
4	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rabbits					rare property	tree rules

Option 4

A rabbit with a waistcoat was not so unusual then

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 rabbit	det
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 unusual	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 waistcoat	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 waistcoat	det
5	waistcoat	waistcoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rabbit	nmod
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 unusual	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 unusual	advmod
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 unusual	advmod
9	unusual	unusual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 unusual	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	a rabbit with a waistcoat				then	unusual property	tree rules

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