Test 6 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…
Kieran from Dublin: "Ah she's an eejit, she thought she'd land in Australia, so she did." ("eejit" = idiot.) What did Alice actually wonder?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kieran, Alice · What happens: be, think, land, do, wonder · To what, where: eejit, Australia · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Kieran from Dublin: "Ah she's an eejit, she thought she'd land in Australia, so she did."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kieran | Kieran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 did | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Dublin | case |
| 3 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Kieran | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 eejit | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 eejit | punct |
| 6 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 10 eejit | discourse |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 eejit | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 eejit | cop |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 eejit | det |
| 10 | eejit | eejit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kieran | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 thought | punct |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 thought | nsubj |
| 13 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 eejit | parataxis |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 land | nsubj |
| 15 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 land | aux |
| 16 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 thought | ccomp |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Australia | case |
| 18 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 land | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 did | punct |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 22 did | advmod |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 did | nsubj |
| 22 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 did | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | Kieran | a eejit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other in a quote | past | Kieran | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | land in a quote | would | Kieran | Australia | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in australia=Destination | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | Kieran from Dublin | vn act-114-1 «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: ("eejit" = idiot.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 6 idiot | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 eejit | punct |
| 3 | eejit | eejit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 idiot | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 eejit | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 idiot | punct |
| 6 | idiot | idiot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 idiot | punct |
| 8 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 6 idiot | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What did Alice actually wonder?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 wonder | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wonder | aux |
| 3 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wonder | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 wonder | advmod |
| 5 | wonder | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 wonder | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wonder speech: ask | past · do-support | Alice | actually property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
If she would land in the middle of the ocean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 land | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 land | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 land | aux |
| 4 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 middle | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 middle | det |
| 7 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 land | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 ocean | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ocean | det |
| 10 | ocean | ocean | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | would | she | the middle of the ocean | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in middle=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Whether she would fall right through the earth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 fall | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fall | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fall | aux |
| 4 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 fall | advmod |
| 6 | through | through | ADP | _ | 8 earth | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 earth | det |
| 8 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | would | she | the earth | right property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through earth=Location |
Option 3
Where Australia was
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | Australia | Australia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Australia | where property | tree rules |
Option 4
Whether she would reach the sea below
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 4 reach | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reach | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 reach | aux |
| 4 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sea | det |
| 6 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | obj |
| 7 | below | below | ADV | _ | 4 reach | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | would | she | the sea | below property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent sea=Theme |
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