Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

Oisin from Galway: "Sure the Cat was grand, but it kept poppin' in and out like an eejit." What did Alice ask it to stop doing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oisin, Cat, Alice · What happens: be, keep, ask, stop, do · To what, where: poppin

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 12 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig and the Cheshire Cat» 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: Oisin from Galway: "Sure the Cat was grand, but it kept poppin' in and out like an eejit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oisin	Oisin	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 grand	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Galway	case
3	Galway	Galway	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Oisin	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 grand	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 grand	punct
6	Sure	sure	INTJ	_	10 grand	discourse
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Cat	det
8	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grand	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 grand	cop
10	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kept	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 kept	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kept	nsubj
14	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 grand	conj
15	poppin	poppin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kept	obj
16	'	'	PUNCT	_	15 poppin	punct
17	in	in	ADV	_	14 kept	advmod
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 out	cc
19	out	out	ADV	_	17 in	conj
20	like	like	ADP	_	22 eejit	case
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 eejit	det
22	eejit	eejit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kept	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 grand	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 grand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Oisin from Galway					grand property	tree rules
2	keep in a quote	past	Cat	poppin				like a eejit	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poppin=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.

Sentence 2: What did Alice ask it to stop doing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 ask	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ask	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ask	nsubj
4	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ask	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 stop	mark
7	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ask	xcomp
8	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 stop	xcomp
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past · do-support	Alice	poppin	tree rules
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	Alice not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	do	gerund	Alice not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Appearing and vanishing so suddenly, and also staying in the trees above the croquet game

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Appearing	appear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 vanishing	cc
3	vanishing	vanish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Appearing	conj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 suddenly	advmod
5	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	3 vanishing	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 staying	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 staying	cc
8	also	also	ADV	_	9 staying	advmod
9	staying	stay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Appearing	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 trees	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trees	det
12	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 staying	obl
13	above	above	ADP	_	16 game	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 game	det
15	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 game	compound
16	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 staying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	where	other	roles by
1	appear	gerund			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	vanish	gerund		suddenly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	stay	gerund	the trees	above the croquet game	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Appearing and vanishing so suddenly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Appearing	appear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 vanishing	cc
3	vanishing	vanish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Appearing	conj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 suddenly	advmod
5	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	1 Appearing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	appear	gerund						suddenly property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	vanish	gerund							vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Growling at the Queen's gardeners

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Growling	growl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	6 gardeners	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gardeners	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Queen	case
6	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Growling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	growl	gerund						at the Queen's gardeners	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at gardener=Stimulus

Option 4

Pointing its paws in the wrong direction and then vanishing so suddenly without any warning

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pointing	point	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 paws	nmod:poss
3	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pointing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 direction	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 direction	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 direction	amod
7	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pointing	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 vanishing	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 vanishing	advmod
10	vanishing	vanish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Pointing	conj
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 suddenly	advmod
12	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	10 vanishing	advmod
13	without	without	ADP	_	15 warning	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 warning	det
15	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vanishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	gerund		its paws				in the wrong direction	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent paw=Patient in direction=Theme
2	vanish	gerund					then	without any warning; suddenly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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