Test 14 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

How is Alice different now from chapter I, where she cried because she could not control her size?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, I · What happens: be, cry, not control · To what, where: chapter, size

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 different	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 different	cop
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 different	nsubj
4	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 different	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 chapter	case
7	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 different	obl
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 cried	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cried	punct
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 cried	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 cried	nsubj
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chapter	acl:relcl
13	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 control	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 control	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 control	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 control	advmod
17	control	control	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 cried	advcl
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 size	nmod:poss
19	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 control	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 different	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Alice		chapter	now	different property	tree rules
2	cry speech: express	past	I					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not control	could	Alice	Alice's size				vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She can now choose her size with the two bits of mushroom

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 choose	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 choose	aux
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 choose	advmod
4	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 size	nmod:poss
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 choose	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 bits	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bits	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 bits	nummod
10	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 choose	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 mushroom	case
12	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bits	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	can	She	her size			now	with the two bits of mushroom	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Theme

Option 2

She now grows and shrinks by herself without any help

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 grows	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 grows	advmod
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 shrinks	cc
5	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grows	conj
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 herself	case
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 shrinks	obl
8	without	without	ADP	_	10 help	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 help	det
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shrinks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	She				now		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shrink	present	She not said here					by herself = she; without any help	vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

She is calm now, and does not cry at all

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 calm	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 calm	cop
3	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 calm	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cry	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 cry	cc
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cry	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 cry	advmod
9	cry	cry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 calm	parataxis
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 cry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She				now	calm property	tree rules
2	not cry speech: express	present · do-support				all			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 4

She now chooses her size easily with the two bits of mushroom and no longer cries about it at all

The tree, 20 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 chooses	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 chooses	advmod
3	chooses	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 size	nmod:poss
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chooses	obj
6	easily	easily	ADV	_	3 chooses	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 bits	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bits	det
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 bits	nummod
10	bits	bit	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 chooses	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 mushroom	case
12	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bits	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cries	cc
14	no	no	ADV	_	15 longer	advmod
15	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 cries	advmod
16	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chooses	conj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 it	case
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 cries	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 cries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present	She	her size			now	with the two bits of mushroom; easily property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent size=Theme
2	cry speech: express	present	She not said here			all		about mushroom; long property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

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