Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…
Looking back to chapter V part 1: the Caterpillar asked "Who are you?". How does that question come back here?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Caterpillar, you, question · What happens: look back, ask, be, come back · To what, where: chapter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Looking back to chapter V part 1: the Caterpillar asked "Who are you?".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 asked | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 chapter | mark |
| 4 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 5 | V | V | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 4 chapter | flat |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chapter | conj |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 part | flat |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Caterpillar | det |
| 10 | Caterpillar | Caterpillar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 asked | nsubj |
| 11 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 Who | punct |
| 13 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 asked | parataxis |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 Who | cop |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 Who | nsubj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 asked | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 asked | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 asked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the Caterpillar not said here | chapter and part | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | the Caterpillar | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | you | tree rules |
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: How does that question come back here?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 come | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 come | aux |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 question | det |
| 4 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 come | nsubj |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| 7 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 come | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come back | present · do-support | that question | here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Alice is unsure what she is when the Pigeon asks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 unsure | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unsure | cop |
| 3 | unsure | unsure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 asks | obj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 asks | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 asks | cop |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 asks | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Pigeon | det |
| 9 | Pigeon | Pigeon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 asks | nsubj |
| 10 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unsure | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Alice | unsure property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Alice | ask property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Pigeon asks it, and Alice still cannot say
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Pigeon | det |
| 2 | Pigeon | Pigeon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asks | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 say | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 say | cc |
| 7 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 say | nsubj |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 say | advmod |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 say | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 say | advmod |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asks | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | the Pigeon | it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | not say speech: assert | can | Alice | still | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She answers the same way
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 answers | nsubj |
| 2 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 answers | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | answer speech: assert | present | She | the same way | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |
Option 4
She still does not know
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 | 5 know | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 know | advmod |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | She | still | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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