Test 6 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

True or false: the Duchess is kind to Alice.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Duchess · What happens: be · To what, where: Alice

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 false	cc
3	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 kind	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Duchess	det
6	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 kind	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 kind	cop
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 True	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Alice	case
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 kind	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Duchess		Alice			kind 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

True: she likes Alice a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 likes	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 likes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 likes	nsubj
4	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 likes	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	present	she	Alice					tree rules

Option 2

True: she gives Alice a pepper cake and sends her home to tea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gives	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cake	det
7	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cake	compound
8	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gives	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sends	cc
10	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 gives	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sends	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 tea	case
14	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	she	a pepper cake	Alice				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient cake=Theme
2	send	present	she not said here	Alice's home		tea			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to tea=Destination

Option 3

False: she is cross but she sings Alice a lullaby and shares her soup at the table

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cross	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cross	cop
5	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 False	conj
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 sings	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sings	nsubj
8	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cross	conj
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sings	obj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lullaby	det
11	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sings	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 shares	cc
13	shares	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sings	conj
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 soup	nmod:poss
15	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shares	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 table	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 table	det
18	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 shares	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	she				cross property	tree rules
2	sing speech: express	present	she	a lullaby	Alice			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent alice=Beneficiary lullaby=Theme
3	share	present	she not said here	Alice's soup		the table		tree rules

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

False: she says "You don't know much, and that's a fact"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 know	punct
6	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 know	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 know	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
10	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 know	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fact	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 fact	cc
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 fact	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 fact	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 fact	det
16	fact	fact	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 fact	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not know in a quote	present · do-support	You	much	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus
3	is a in a quote	present	that	a fact	tree rules

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