Test 9 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 1: The footmen and t…

Why does the song say the boy sneezes?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: song · What happens: say · To what, where: boy sneezes · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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=Int	5 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 song	det
4	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sneezes	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sneezes	compound
8	sneezes	sneeze	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 say	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the song	the boy sneezes					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sneeze=Topic

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

Because the pepper makes him ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 makes	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pepper	det
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the pepper	him = he				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 2

Because the pepper is too strong, and the cook has put too much in the soup

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 strong	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pepper	det
3	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 strong	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 strong	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 strong	advmod
6	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 put	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 put	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cook	det
10	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 put	nsubj:pass
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 put	aux
12	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 strong	conj
13	too	too	ADV	_	14 much	advmod
14	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 put	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 soup	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 soup	det
17	soup	soup	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the pepper					strong property	tree rules
2	put	present · perfect · passive		the cook		the soup			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset much=Goal

Option 3

He only does it to annoy, because the Duchess tells him so and sings it every night

The tree, 17 words

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	3 does	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 does	advmod
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 does	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 annoy	mark
6	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 does	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tells	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 tells	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Duchess	det
10	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 tells	nsubj
11	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	parataxis
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 tells	iobj
13	so	so	ADV	_	11 tells	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sings	cc
15	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 tells	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sings	obj
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 night	det
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 sings	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	do	present	He	it			tree rules
2	annoy	to-infinitive	He not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	tell speech: assert	present	the Duchess		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	sing speech: express	present	the Duchess not said here	it		night	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

"He only does it to annoy, Because he knows it teases"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 annoy	punct
2	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 annoy	nsubj
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 annoy	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 annoy	aux
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 annoy	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 annoy	mark
7	annoy	annoy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 knows	punct
9	Because	because	SCONJ	_	11 knows	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knows	nsubj
11	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 annoy	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 teases	nsubj
13	teases	tease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 knows	ccomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 annoy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	annoy in a quote	present · do-support	He	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	know in a quote	present	he	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	tease in a quote	present	it	vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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