Test 14 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

How is Alice's cat Dinah different from the cat in this kitchen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat · What happens: be

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 How	cop
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cat	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Alice	case
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 How	nsubj
6	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 cat	appos
7	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cat	amod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 cat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 different	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 kitchen	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 kitchen	det
13	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cat	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 How	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Alice's cat					how 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Dinah purrs by the fire; this cat grins from ear to ear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 purrs	nsubj
2	purrs	purr	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 fire	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fire	det
5	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purrs	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 grins	punct
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 cat	det
8	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grins	nsubj
9	grins	grin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 purrs	advcl
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 ear	case
11	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grins	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 ear	case
13	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 grins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purr	present	Dinah					by the fire	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fire=Location
2	grin	present	this cat		ear			to ear	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to ear=Recipient

Option 2

Dinah hisses; this cat sneezes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 hisses	nsubj
2	hisses	hiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 sneezes	punct
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sneezes	nsubj
6	sneezes	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 hisses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hiss	present	Dinah						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sneeze	present	this cat						vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Dinah purrs on the rug by the fire; this cat sits in the kitchen and grins at the cook all day long

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 purrs	nsubj
2	purrs	purr	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 rug	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rug	det
5	rug	rug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purrs	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purrs	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 sits	punct
10	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 cat	det
11	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sits	nsubj
12	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 purrs	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 kitchen	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kitchen	det
15	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sits	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 grins	cc
17	grins	grin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 purrs	conj
18	at	at	ADP	_	20 cook	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cook	det
20	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grins	obl
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	22 day	det
22	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grins	obl:unmarked
23	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 grins	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	purr	present	Dinah	the rug		by the fire	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rug=Location
2	sit	present	this cat	the kitchen			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kitchen=Location
3	grin	present	Dinah not said here	the cook	day	long property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Dinah sits in the garden chasing mice; this cat sits in the kitchen and sneezes at the soup pepper

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 sits	nsubj
2	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 garden	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garden	det
5	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sits	obl
6	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sits	advcl
7	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 chasing	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 sits	punct
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sits	nsubj
11	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sits	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 kitchen	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kitchen	det
14	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sits	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sneezes	cc
16	sneezes	sneeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sits	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 pepper	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 pepper	det
19	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 pepper	compound
20	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 sneezes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	sit	present	Dinah		the garden	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in garden=Location
2	chase	gerund	Dinah not said here	mice		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
3	sit	present	this cat		the kitchen	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in kitchen=Location
4	sneeze	present	Dinah not said here		the soup pepper	vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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