Test 9 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 1: Down the Rabbit-Ho…

"Do cats eat bats? Do bats eat cats?" Why did the order of the words not matter to Alice?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cats, bats, order · What happens: eat, not matter, order · To what, where: bats, cats, Alice, words

This is test 9 · ★ 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: "Do cats eat bats?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 eat	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 eat	aux
3	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	nsubj
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eat	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat in a quote	infinitive · do-support	cats	bats					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Patient

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: Do bats eat cats?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	3 eat	aux
2	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	nsubj
3	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 eat	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 eat	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	infinitive · do-support	bats	cats					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Patient

Sentence 3: Why did the order of the words not matter to Alice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 matter	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 matter	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 order	det
4	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 matter	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 words	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 words	det
7	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 order	nmod
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 matter	advmod
9	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Alice	case
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 matter	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 matter	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	past · do-support	the order of the words		Alice				vn matter-91 «NP V PP.experiencer»: agent=Stimulus to alice=Experiencer
2	order			the words					nom order «communication transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1

Because the two questions were asked by the same person and she did not wish to answer anything at all now

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 asked	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 questions	det
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 questions	nummod
4	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 asked	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	aux:pass
6	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 person	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 person	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 person	amod
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wish	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wish	nsubj
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 wish	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 wish	advmod
15	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 asked	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 answer	mark
17	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wish	xcomp
18	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 answer	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 anything	nmod
21	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 answer	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · passive	the same person	the two questions			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	not wish	past · do-support	person				vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	answer speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	person not said here	anything	all	now	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality

Option 2

She thought both answers were the same

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 answers	det
4	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 same	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 same	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 same	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	both answers					same property	tree rules

Option 3

Because she did not care about either

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 care	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 care	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 care	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 care	advmod
5	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	5 care	obl
7	either	either	CCONJ	_	5 care	cc

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	past · do-support	she						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She could not answer either question

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	4 answer	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 answer	advmod
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	either	either	DET	PronType=Ind	6 question	det
6	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 answer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not answer speech: assert	could	She	either question					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality

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