Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

Josh goes: "Alice ate the left bit first and went tiny." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Josh, Alice, you · What happens: go, eat, put · To what, where: left bit, Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 10 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the long neck and the Pigeon» 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: Josh goes: "Alice ate the left bit first and went tiny."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 ate	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 ate	punct
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 ate	nsubj
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 goes	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bit	det
8	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 bit	amod
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ate	obj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 ate	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 went	cc
12	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ate	conj
13	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 went	xcomp
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	present	Josh			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	eat in a quote	past	Alice	the left bit	first property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
3	go in a quote	past	Alice not said here		tiny property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Alice			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

The left bit shrank her, and the right bit then stretched her neck out long above the trees of the wood

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bit	det
2	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bit	amod
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrank	nsubj
4	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shrank	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stretched	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stretched	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bit	det
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bit	amod
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stretched	obl:unmarked
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stretched	advmod
12	stretched	stretch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrank	advcl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 neck	nmod:poss
14	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stretched	obj
15	out	out	ADV	_	16 long	advmod
16	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 stretched	advmod
17	above	above	ADP	_	19 trees	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 trees	det
19	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 stretched	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 wood	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 wood	det
22	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 trees	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	the left bit	her = she					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	stretch	past	the left bit not said here	the right bit		the trees of the wood	then	long property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent neck=Patient

Option 2

The left bit shrank her first; the right bit made her neck long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bit	det
2	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bit	amod
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrank	nsubj
4	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shrank	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 shrank	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bit	det
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bit	amod
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrank	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	obj
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obj
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	the left bit	her = she				first property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	make	past	the right bit	neck	her = she			long property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary neck=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Alice ate the left bit first, and the right bit then made her neck grow long, which was the wrong order

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bit	det
4	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bit	amod
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 ate	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 made	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 made	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bit	det
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bit	amod
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 made	obl:unmarked
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 made	advmod
13	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 made	obj
15	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grow	nsubj
16	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 made	parataxis
17	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 grow	advmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 order	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 order	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 order	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 order	det
22	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 order	amod
23	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 grow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	Alice	the left bit		first property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient
2	make	past	Alice not said here	the right bit	then		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product
3	grow	present	neck			long property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	past		the wrong order			tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The right bit shrank her first; the left bit made her neck long

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bit	det
2	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bit	amod
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shrank	nsubj
4	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shrank	obj
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 shrank	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 made	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bit	det
9	left	left	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bit	amod
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	nsubj
11	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 shrank	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 made	obj
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 made	obj
14	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	the right bit	her = she				first property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	make	past	the left bit	neck	her = she			long property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary neck=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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