Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

Ruby goes: "The footman let Alice in really politely." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, footman, you · What happens: go, let, put · To what, where: Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 11 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and the Duchess's kitchen» 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: Ruby goes: "The footman let Alice in really politely."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct
5	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 footman	det
6	footman	footman	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	ccomp
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 really	case
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 politely	advmod
11	politely	politely	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Ruby						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	let in a quote	infinitive	the footman	Alice				politely property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alice=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.

Sentence 2: Put her right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Alice			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He talked nonsense about knocking, so Alice pushed past him and went in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talked	obj
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 knocking	mark
5	knocking	knock	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 nonsense	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pushed	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 pushed	advmod
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 pushed	nsubj
9	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 talked	conj
10	past	past	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pushed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 talked	conj
14	in	in	ADV	_	13 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	talk	past	He	nonsense		vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nonsense=Patient
2	knock	gerund	He not said here			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	push	past	Alice		past him = he	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent past he=Trajectory
4	go in	past	He not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He called the cook to open the door and she threw a plate at Alice

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cook	det
4	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 called	xcomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 open	mark
6	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 door	det
8	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 open	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 threw	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 threw	nsubj
11	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 plate	det
13	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 threw	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 Alice	case
15	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 threw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	call	past	He	the cook		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	open	to-infinitive	He not said here	the door		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
3	throw	past	she	a plate	Alice	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent plate=Theme at alice=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He talked nonsense, and Alice just opened the door herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talked	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 opened	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 opened	cc
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 opened	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 opened	advmod
8	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 talked	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 door	det
10	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 opened	obj
11	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 opened	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	He	nonsense					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent nonsense=Patient
2	open	past	Alice	the door				Alice obl	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

Option 4

He bowed and opened the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 opened	cc
4	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	past	He						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	open	past	He not said here	the door					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme

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