Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

Looking back: in chapter IV Alice made a plan to get to her right size and then to the garden. What does she tell the Cat about where she wants to go?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, make, get, tell, want, go · To what, where: plan, Cat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter IV Alice made a plan to get to her right size and then to the garden.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 made	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj
8	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 plan	det
10	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 plan	acl
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 size	case
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 size	nmod:poss
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 size	amod
16	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 garden	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 garden	advmod
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 garden	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 garden	det
21	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 size	conj
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	make	past	Alice	a plan		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product
3	get	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	a plan not said here	to Alice's right size and the garden result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to size=Result

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 does she tell the Cat about where she wants to go?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Cat	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	10 wants	mark
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 wants	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wants	nsubj
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 go	mark
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wants	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	Alice	the Cat	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient cat=Topic
2	want	present	Alice		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	Alice not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

That she wants to reach the croquet ground by way of the Hatter's tea party and the Duchess's little kitchen

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wants	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wants	nsubj
3	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reach	mark
5	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wants	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
7	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ground	compound
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 way	case
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 party	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Hatter	det
13	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 party	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 Hatter	case
15	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 party	compound
16	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 way	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 kitchen	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Duchess	det
19	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 kitchen	nmod:poss
20	's	's	PART	_	19 Duchess	case
21	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 kitchen	amod
22	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 party	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	That						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	reach not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here	the croquet ground				by way of the Hatter's tea party and the Duchess's little kitchen	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ground=Theme

Option 2

That she is looking for her lost pet, a small grey kitten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 looking	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 looking	aux
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 pet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pet	nmod:poss
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 pet	amod
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 looking	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 kitten	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kitten	amod
12	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 kitten	amod
13	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	That	a small grey kitten				for her lost pet	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for pet=Theme
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That she doesn't much care where, so long as she gets somewhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 care	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 care	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 care	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 care	advmod
5	much	much	ADV	_	6 care	advmod
6	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 care	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 long	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 long	advmod
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 care	advmod
11	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 gets	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gets	nsubj
13	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 long	advcl
14	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	13 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not care	present · do-support	That					long property	vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	get	present	she					somewhere property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

That she has no map and wants to go to the Hatter's

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 has	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 map	det
5	map	map	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wants	cc
7	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 has	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 go	mark
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wants	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 Hatter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Hatter	det
12	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 go	obl
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Hatter	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	That	no map		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Patient
2	want	present	That not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	That not said here		to the Hatter	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hatter=Initial_Location

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