Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

Auntie Sue from Manchester: "She's dead honest, our Alice, admits she's had eggs an' all." ("dead" = very, "an' all" = as well.) Why does Alice admit it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Manchester, Auntie, Alice · What happens: be, admit, have · To what, where: eggs, it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Auntie Sue from Manchester: "She's dead honest, our Alice, admits she's had eggs an' all."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 admits	nsubj
2	Sue	Sue	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Auntie	flat
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Manchester	case
4	Manchester	Manchester	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Auntie	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 honest	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 honest	punct
7	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 honest	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 honest	cop
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 honest	amod
10	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Auntie	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Alice	punct
12	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 Alice	nmod:poss
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Auntie	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Auntie	punct
15	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 had	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 had	aux
18	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 admits	ccomp
19	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 had	obj
20	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 all	det
21	'	'	PUNCT	_	22 all	punct
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	18 had	conj
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 admits	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 admits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Manchester		honest property	tree rules
2	admit speech: other in a quote	present	Auntie from Manchester and our Alice			vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have in a quote	present · passive	Manchester	eggs		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient

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: ("dead" = very, "an' all" = as well.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 dead	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 dead	punct
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 dead	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	3 dead	punct
6	very	very	ADV	_	3 dead	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 all	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 all	punct
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 all	det
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 all	punct
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 dead	conj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 all	punct
13	=	=	SYM	_	11 all	nmod
14	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	13 =	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 as	fixed
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 dead	punct
17	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 dead	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Why does Alice admit it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 admit	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 admit	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 admit	nsubj
4	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 admit	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 admit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present · do-support	Alice	it					vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She was told to say so

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 told	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 told	aux:pass
3	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 told	xcomp
6	so	so	ADV	_	5 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · passive		She					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She is a very truthful child

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	6 child	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 child	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 child	det
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 truthful	advmod
5	truthful	truthful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 child	amod
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	She	a truthful child					tree rules

Option 3

Because the Pigeon had already seen her eating eggs from the nest and she could not lie to it

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 seen	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Pigeon	det
3	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 seen	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 seen	aux
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 seen	advmod
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 seen	obj
8	eating	eat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seen	advcl
9	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eating	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eating	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 lie	cc
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lie	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 lie	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 lie	advmod
17	lie	lie	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 seen	conj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 it	case
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	the Pigeon	her = she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	eat	gerund	the Pigeon not said here	eggs		the nest	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Patient
3	not lie	could	Pigeon		nest		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She thought the Pigeon was kind

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Pigeon	det
4	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 kind	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 kind	cop
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	the Pigeon					kind property	tree rules

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