Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

Chloe, sarky: "Oh great, a lullaby about beating kids, so relaxing." What should we think about the Duchess's song?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lullaby, we, Duchess · What happens: beat, relax, think, sing · To what, where: kids

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Chloe, sarky: "Oh great, a lullaby about beating kids, so relaxing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chloe	Chloe	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sarky	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sarky	punct
3	sarky	sarky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 great	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 great	punct
6	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	7 great	discourse
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sarky	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lullaby	punct
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lullaby	det
10	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 great	conj
11	about	about	SCONJ	_	12 beating	mark
12	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 lullaby	acl
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 beating	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 relaxing	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	16 relaxing	advmod
16	relaxing	relax	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sarky	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 sarky	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 sarky	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beat in a quote	gerund	a lullaby not said here	kids					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location kid=Theme
2	relax in a quote	gerund							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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: What should we think about the Duchess's song?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 think	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	9 song	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Duchess	det
7	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 song	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Duchess	case
9	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 think	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	should	we					about the Duchess's song	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
2	sing		the Duchess						nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

The options

Option 1

It is a silly, shocking song, and beating a child for sneezing is cruel and very wrong

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 song	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 song	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 song	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 silly	punct
6	shocking	shocking	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 cruel	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 cruel	cc
10	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 cruel	csubj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beating	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 sneezing	case
14	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 beating	obl
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 cruel	cop
16	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wrong	cc
18	very	very	ADV	_	19 wrong	advmod
19	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 cruel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a silly shocking song		tree rules
2	beat	gerund		a child	for sneezing	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location child=Theme
3	is	present	beating		cruel property	tree rules
4	be		beating not said here			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

It is a sweet, gentle lullaby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lullaby	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lullaby	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lullaby	det
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lullaby	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sweet	punct
6	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lullaby	amod
7	lullaby	lullaby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sweet gentle lullaby					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a silly, shocking song; hitting children is cruel and wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 song	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 song	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 song	det
4	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 silly	punct
6	shocking	shocking	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	amod
7	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 cruel	punct
9	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 cruel	csubj
10	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hitting	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 cruel	cop
12	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 song	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wrong	cc
14	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cruel	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a silly shocking song		tree rules
2	hit	gerund		children		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme child=Co-Theme
3	is	present	hitting		cruel property	tree rules
4	be		hitting not said here			tree rules

Option 4

It is a sweet old song that children should learn, because beating a boy for sneezing is fine

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 song	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 song	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 song	det
4	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 song	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 song	amod
6	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fine	nsubj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 learn	obj
8	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 learn	nsubj
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 learn	aux
10	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 song	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 beating	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 beating	mark
13	beating	beat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 learn	advcl
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 boy	det
15	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 beating	obj
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 sneezing	case
17	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 beating	obl
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 fine	cop
19	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sweet old song		tree rules
2	learn	should	children	a sweet old song		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Topic
3	beat	gerund	children not said here	a boy	for sneezing	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=Theme
4	is	present	a sweet old song		fine property	tree rules

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