Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

Why did Alice decide not to ask the lady which country it was?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: decide, not ask · To what, where: lady

This is test 7 · ★ 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	4 decide	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decide	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 decide	nsubj
4	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 ask	advcl
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 ask	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 ask	mark
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lady	det
9	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obj
10	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	11 country	det
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lady	appos
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 was	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lady	acl:relcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	decide	past · do-support	Alice						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not ask speech: ask	to-infinitive			the lady				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient

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

She was embarrassed that the lady would say she was rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 embarrassed	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 embarrassed	cop
3	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 say	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 embarrassed	advcl
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 rude	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 rude	cop
11	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	She	embarrassed property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	would	the lady		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	lady	rude property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She feared the lady would think her an ignorant little girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 think	aux
6	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 think	obj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 girl	det
9	ignorant	ignorant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 girl	amod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 girl	amod
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 think	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	She						vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	think speech: other	would	the lady	her = she					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

Option 3

She was afraid the lady would tell her off, and send her to bed without any supper for asking such a foolish question

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 afraid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 tell	aux
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 afraid	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tell	iobj
9	off	off	ADP	_	7 tell	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 send	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 send	cc
12	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	parataxis
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 send	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 bed	case
15	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 send	obl
16	without	without	ADP	_	18 supper	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 supper	det
18	supper	supper	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 send	obl
19	for	for	SCONJ	_	20 asking	mark
20	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 send	advcl
21	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	24 question	det:predet
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 question	det
23	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 question	amod
24	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 asking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	She				afraid property	tree rules
2	tell off speech: assert	would	the lady		her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	send	infinitive		lady		bed	without any supper	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to bed=Destination
4	ask speech: ask	gerund		such foolish question				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent question=Recipient

Option 4

She was worried the lady would think her silly and rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 worried	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 worried	cop
3	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 think	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 think	aux
7	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 worried	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 think	obj
9	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 think	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 rude	cc
11	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 silly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She					worried property	tree rules
2	think speech: other	would	the lady	her = she				silly property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

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