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Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

Looking back to chapter I: Alice wished she could "shut up like a telescope". What does she do here?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, I · What happens: look back, chapter, wish, shut up, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ 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 I: Alice wished she could "shut up like a telescope".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 wished	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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 chapter	nsubj
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wished	nsubj
8	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 shut	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 shut	aux
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 shut	punct
12	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 wished	ccomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 shut	compound:prt
14	like	like	ADP	_	16 telescope	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 telescope	det
16	telescope	telescope	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shut	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 wished	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	chapter		I						tree rules
3	wish	past	Alice						vn wish-62 «NP V that S»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	shut up in a quote	could	Alice					like a telescope	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: 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: What does she do here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 do	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · do-support	Alice			here			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Opens out like a telescope, in her neck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Opens	compound:prt
3	like	like	ADP	_	5 telescope	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 telescope	det
5	telescope	telescope	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opens	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Opens	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 neck	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 neck	nmod:poss
9	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Opens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open out	present				her neck		like a telescope	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in neck=Location

Option 2

She shrinks herself to be small again

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 shrinks	nsubj
2	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 shrinks	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	6 small	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 small	cop
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shrinks	advcl
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 small	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	present	She	herself = she					vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent herself=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive	She not said here				again	small property	tree rules

Option 3

She tries to fold her long neck away into a tiny ball, just like a telescope does when shut

The tree, 19 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	2 tries	nsubj
2	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 fold	mark
4	fold	fold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tries	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 neck	nmod:poss
6	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 neck	amod
7	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fold	obj
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 fold	advmod
9	into	into	ADP	_	12 ball	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 ball	det
11	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ball	amod
12	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fold	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 does	punct
14	just	just	ADV	_	17 telescope	advmod
15	like	like	ADP	_	17 telescope	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 telescope	det
17	telescope	telescope	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 does	nsubj
18	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tries	conj
19	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 shut	advmod
20	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 does	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present	She						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	fold not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	her long neck				into a tiny ball result; away property	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent neck=Patient into ball=Result
3	do	present	a telescope					shut property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She shuts up like a telescope in the garden, pulling her neck back down into her shoulders

The tree, 17 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	2 shuts	nsubj
2	shuts	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 shuts	compound:prt
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 telescope	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 telescope	det
6	telescope	telescope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shuts	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 garden	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 garden	det
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shuts	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pulling	punct
11	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 shuts	advcl
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 neck	nmod:poss
13	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pulling	obj
14	back	back	ADV	_	15 down	advmod
15	down	down	ADV	_	11 pulling	advmod
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 shoulders	case
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 shoulders	nmod:poss
18	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pulling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up	present	She			the garden		like a telescope	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	pull	gerund	She not said here	her neck		her shoulders		down property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Theme

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