Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…
Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' at the sky and yer woman's singin'." ("yer man" / "yer woman" = that man / that woman.) Who is "looking at the sky"?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole house · What happens: be, look
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Jimmy from Dublin: "Sure the whole house is mad, yer man's lookin' at the sky and yer woman's singin'."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy | jimmy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Dublin | case |
| 3 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jimmy | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 mad | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 mad | punct |
| 6 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 11 mad | discourse |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 house | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 house | amod |
| 9 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mad | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 mad | cop |
| 11 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Jimmy | appos |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 lookin | punct |
| 13 | yer | yer | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 man | nmod:poss |
| 14 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 lookin | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 man | case |
| 16 | lookin | lookin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mad | obl |
| 17 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 lookin | punct |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 sky | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 sky | det |
| 20 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 lookin | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 singin | cc |
| 22 | yer | yer | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 woman | nmod:poss |
| 23 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 singin | nmod:poss |
| 24 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 23 woman | case |
| 25 | singin | singin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 lookin | conj |
| 26 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 singin | punct |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 mad | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 mad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | the whole house | yer's man's lookin at the sky and yer's woman's singin obl; mad property | 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: ("yer man" / "yer woman" = that man / that woman.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 4 man | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 man | punct |
| 3 | yer | yer | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 man | nmod:poss |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 man | punct |
| 6 | / | / | SYM | _ | 9 woman | cc |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 woman | punct |
| 8 | yer | yer | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 woman | nmod:poss |
| 9 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 man | conj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 woman | punct |
| 11 | = | = | SYM | _ | 13 man | punct |
| 12 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 man | det |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 man | conj |
| 14 | / | / | PUNCT | _ | 16 woman | punct |
| 15 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 woman | det |
| 16 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 man | appos |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 man | punct |
| 18 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 4 man | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Who is "looking at the sky"?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 looking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 looking | aux |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 looking | punct |
| 4 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 sky | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sky | det |
| 7 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 looking | obl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 sky | punct |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | present · progressive | at the sky | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sky=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cat | det |
| 2 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 cook | det |
| 2 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Duchess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Duchess | det |
| 2 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Frog-Footman
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Footman | det |
| 2 | Frog | Frog | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Footman | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Frog | punct |
| 4 | Footman | Footman | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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