Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

Zeke, Gen Alpha: "That Frog-Footman is so mid, he just sits there, no rizz at all." ("mid" = boring, "rizz" = charm.) What does he say he'll do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Zeke, Footman, mid · What happens: be, sit, say, do · To what, where: rizz · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Zeke, Gen Alpha: "That Frog-Footman is so mid, he just sits there, no rizz at all."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zeke	Zeke	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 mid	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Alpha	punct
3	Gen	Gen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Alpha	compound
4	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Zeke	appos
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 mid	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 mid	punct
7	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 Footman	nsubj
8	Frog	Frog	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Footman	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Frog	punct
10	Footman	Footman	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 mid	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mid	cop
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 mid	advmod
13	mid	mid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sits	punct
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sits	nsubj
16	just	just	ADV	_	17 sits	advmod
17	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mid	conj
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 sits	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 rizz	punct
20	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	21 rizz	det
21	rizz	rizz	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sits	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 all	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 rizz	nmod
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 mid	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 mid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Zeke					mid property	tree rules
2	sit in a quote	present	Footman	no rizz at all		there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: ("mid" = boring, "rizz" = charm.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 boring	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 mid	punct
3	mid	mid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boring	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 mid	punct
5	=	=	SYM	_	6 boring	punct
6	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rizz	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 rizz	punct
9	rizz	rizz	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 boring	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 rizz	punct
11	=	=	SYM	_	12 charm	punct
12	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 rizz	appos
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 boring	punct
14	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 boring	punct

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

Sentence 3: What does he say he'll do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 do	nsubj
6	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	ccomp
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	mid						tree rules
2	do	future	mid						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Sit there forever, I suppose

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Sit	advmod
3	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 suppose	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 suppose	nsubj
6	suppose	suppose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			there		forever property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	suppose	present	I						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Sit there till tomorrow, or the next day, maybe, and then go home for tea

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Sit	advmod
3	till	till	ADP	_	4 tomorrow	case
4	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 day	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 day	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 maybe	punct
11	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 go	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 go	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 go	advmod
15	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Sit	conj
16	home	home	ADV	_	15 go	advmod
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 tea	case
18	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			there	day; tomorrow	maybe property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	infinitive	you not said here				then	for tea; home property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for tea=Beneficiary

Option 3

Go and fetch the Duchess, or the Queen, or the cook, if she's free

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 fetch	cc
3	fetch	fetch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Duchess	det
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fetch	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cook	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 cook	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 cook	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cook	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 cook	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cook	det
13	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 free	punct
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 free	mark
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 free	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 free	cop
18	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fetch	infinitive	you not said here	the Duchess		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duchess=Theme
3	cook		the Queen			tree rules
4	is a condition, not said to happen	present	Queen		free property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sit there till tomorrow, or next day, maybe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Sit	advmod
3	till	till	ADP	_	4 tomorrow	case
4	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 day	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 day	cc
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sit	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 maybe	punct
10	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	1 Sit	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			there	day; tomorrow	maybe property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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