Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter V, part 2: The mushroom, the…

Liam, rough: "Get lost, you sneaky snake!" Which of the Pigeon's lines is closest to this?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: get, lose, snake, be

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Liam, rough: "Get lost, you sneaky snake!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Liam	Liam	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rough	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
3	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Get	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 Get	punct
6	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 rough	parataxis
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 Get	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 snake	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 snake	nsubj
10	sneaky	sneaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 snake	amod
11	snake	snake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Get	obl
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	get in a quote	infinitive		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lose in a quote	participle		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	snake in a quote		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: Which of the Pigeon's lines is closest to this?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 closest	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 lines	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Pigeon	det
4	Pigeon	Pigeon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lines	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Pigeon	case
6	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 closest	obl
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 closest	cop
8	closest	close	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 this	case
10	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 closest	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 closest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						of the Pigeon's lines; to this; close property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Well, you can be off now, and don't come back near my eggs or my nest again!

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	INTJ	_	12 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Well	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 off	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 off	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 off	cop
6	off	off	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 off	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 come	cc
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 come	advmod
12	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
14	near	near	ADP	_	16 eggs	case
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 eggs	nmod:poss
16	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 come	obl
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 nest	cc
18	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 nest	nmod:poss
19	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 eggs	conj
20	again	again	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
21	!	!	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	you				now	off property	tree rules
2	not come back	imperative · do-support	you not said here			my eggs or my nest	again		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near egg=Location

Option 2

I think you had better go away at once, and never come back to this tree again!

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 think	nsubj
2	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 think	ccomp
5	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 had	xcomp
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 away	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 come	cc
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 come	advmod
13	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 think	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 tree	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 tree	det
17	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 come	obl
18	again	again	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	I				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	past	you			good property	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	you not said here			away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not come back	infinitive	I not said here	this tree	again		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tree=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

"Well, be off, then!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 then	punct
2	Well	well	INTJ	_	7 then	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Well	punct
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 off	cop
5	off	off	ADP	_	2 Well	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Well	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
8	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 then	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 then	punct

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

Option 4

I'll call the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 call	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 call	aux
3	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 police	det
5	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	future	I	the police					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

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