Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…
★★★ The Pigeon says: serpents eat eggs; little girls eat eggs; so little girls are serpents. Which argument has the SAME mistake?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, serpents, little girls, argument · What happens: say, eat, be, have · To what, where: eggs, serpents, SAME mistake · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 15 · ★★ 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: ★★★ The Pigeon says: serpents eat eggs; little girls eat eggs; so little girls are serpents.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 Pigeon | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Pigeon | det |
| 5 | Pigeon | Pigeon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 eat | punct |
| 8 | serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 eat | nsubj |
| 9 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | ccomp |
| 10 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 eat | obj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 eat | punct |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 girls | amod |
| 13 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 eat | nsubj |
| 14 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 eat | conj |
| 15 | eggs | egg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 eat | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 serpents | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 serpents | advmod |
| 18 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 girls | amod |
| 19 | girls | girl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 serpents | nsubj |
| 20 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 serpents | cop |
| 21 | serpents | serpent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 says | conj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ the Pigeon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | eat | present | serpents | eggs | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | ||||
| 3 | eat | present | little girls | eggs | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | little girls | serpents | 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: Which argument has the SAME mistake?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 argument | det |
| 2 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mistake | det |
| 5 | SAME | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mistake | amod |
| 6 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | which argument | the SAME mistake | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Dogs can bark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 bark | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 bark | aux |
| 3 | bark | bark | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bark | can | Dogs | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Cats have tails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Cats | tails | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
Option 3
Cats have tails; so dogs must too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 have | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 must | advmod |
| 6 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 must | nsubj |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 have | advcl |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 must | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Cats | tails | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Cats have tails; dogs have tails; so dogs are cats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| 5 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 have | conj |
| 7 | tails | tail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 have | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 cats | advmod |
| 10 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 cats | nsubj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 cats | cop |
| 12 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Cats | tails | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | dogs | tails | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tail=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | dogs | cats | tree rules |
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