Test 14 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

★★★ Read carefully: "it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this". When did Alice think the talking rabbit strange?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★, ★, she, Alice · What happens: read, occur, wonder, think · To what, where: her, this, talking rabbit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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: ★★★ Read carefully: "it occurred to her that she ought to have wondered at this".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ★	compound
2	★	★	PUNCT	_	1 ★	punct
3	★	★	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Read	nsubj
4	Read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 Read	advmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 occurred	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 occurred	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 occurred	nsubj
9	occurred	occur	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Read	parataxis
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 her	case
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 occurred	obl
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 wondered	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 wondered	nsubj
14	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 wondered	aux
15	to	to	PART	_	17 wondered	mark
16	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 wondered	aux
17	wondered	wonder	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 occurred	ccomp
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 this	case
19	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 wondered	obl
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 occurred	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 Read	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	read	infinitive	★ ★			carefully property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	occur in a quote	past	★	her = she			tree rules
3	wonder speech: ask in a quote	ought · perfect	she		this		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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: When did Alice think the talking rabbit strange?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 think	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rabbit	det
6	talking	talking	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rabbit	compound
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 think	obj
8	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 think	xcomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support	Alice	the talking rabbit				strange property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot rabbit=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Not until she was falling down the hole and had a chance to think about the matter in detail

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 falling	advmod
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 falling	mark
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 falling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 falling	aux
5	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	8 hole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hole	det
8	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 falling	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 falling	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 chance	det
12	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 think	mark
14	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 chance	acl
15	about	about	ADP	_	17 matter	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 matter	det
17	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 think	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 detail	case
19	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 matter	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not fall down	past · progressive	she	the hole		vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient hole=Result
2	have	past	she not said here	a chance		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chance=Patient
3	think speech: other	to-infinitive	she not said here	a chance not said here	about the matter in detail	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about matter=Topic

Option 2

As soon as the Rabbit had said the words, and before it ran off towards the hedge and out of sight

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	As	as	ADV	_	2 soon	advmod
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 ran	advmod
3	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 said	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Rabbit	det
5	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 soon	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 said	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ran	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ran	cc
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 ran	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 ran	nsubj
14	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	off	off	ADP	_	14 ran	compound:prt
16	towards	towards	ADP	_	18 hedge	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hedge	det
18	hedge	hedge	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ran	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 sight	cc
20	out	out	ADP	_	22 sight	case
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 sight	case
22	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hedge	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		the Rabbit					vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme word=Manner
2	run off	past	Rabbit			the hedge and sight		soon property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards hedge=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Afterwards, when she thought it over

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	5 thought	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Afterwards	punct
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 thought	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	nsubj
5	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 thought	obj
7	over	over	ADP	_	5 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she	it				afterwards property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 4

While she was still sitting by the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	While	while	SCONJ	_	5 sitting	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sitting	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sitting	aux
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 sitting	advmod
5	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	she				still	by the bank	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by bank=Location

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