Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

Why is the Footman's first reason for not knocking funny?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: first reason · What happens: be, not knock

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Footman	det
4	Footman	Footman	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 reason	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Footman	case
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 reason	amod
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	10 knocking	mark
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 knocking	advmod
10	knocking	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 reason	acl
11	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 knocking	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Footman's first reason					why property	tree rules
2	not knock	gerund	the Footman's first reason not said here					funny property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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

Knocking only works on a locked door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knocking	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 works	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 works	advmod
3	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 door	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	knock	gerund		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
2	work	present	on a locked door	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on door=Theme
3	lock	participle		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Knocking is for someone on the other side of a door, and he's outside too

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Knocking	knocking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 someone	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	cop
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 side	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 side	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 side	amod
8	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 someone	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 door	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 side	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 's	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 's	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 's	nsubj
15	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 someone	parataxis
16	outside	outside	ADV	_	15 's	advmod
17	too	too	ADV	_	15 's	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Knocking			the other side of a door		for someone	tree rules
2	be	present	he					outside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He is on the wrong side of the wall

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	6 side	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 side	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 side	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 side	amod
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 wall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wall	det
9	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 side	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			the wrong side		of the wall	tree rules

Option 4

Because the door is locked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 locked	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 locked	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 locked	aux:pass
5	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	present · passive		the door					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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