Test 4 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

What would have happened if Alice had waited for the Footman to let her in?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: happen, wait, let in · To what, where: Alice

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 waited	mark
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 waited	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 waited	aux
8	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 Footman	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Footman	det
11	Footman	Footman	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 waited	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 let	mark
13	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 waited	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	13 let	compound:prt
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wait a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Alice		for the Footman	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	let in	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	Alice		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She might have been let in soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	nsubj:pass
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 let	aux:pass
5	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 let	compound:prt
7	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 let	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let in	might · perfect · passive		She				soon property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She might have waited for days and days

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waited	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 waited	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 waited	aux
4	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waited	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 days	cc
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 days	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	might · perfect	She				day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She might have waited for a while

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waited	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 waited	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 waited	aux
4	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 while	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 while	det
7	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	might · perfect	She				while		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She might have waited for days and days and the Footman would have given her soup at last

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waited	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 waited	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 waited	aux
4	waited	wait	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waited	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 days	cc
8	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 days	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 given	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Footman	det
11	Footman	Footman	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 given	nsubj:pass
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 given	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 given	aux
14	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 waited	conj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 soup	nmod:poss
16	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 given	obj
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 last	case
18	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 given	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	might · perfect	She				day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	would · perfect · passive		the Footman		last			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient soup=Theme at last=Asset

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