Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

Looking back to chapter V: Alice made herself nine inches to visit the Duchess's little house. Why does she grow to two feet before the March Hare's house?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, make, visit, grow · To what, where: Alice, little house, house

This is test 13 · ★★ 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 to chapter V: Alice made herself nine inches to visit the Duchess's little house.

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	to	to	PART	_	5 V	mark
4	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 V	compound
5	V	v	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	advcl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
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	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 made	obj
10	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 inches	nummod
11	inches	inch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 visit	mark
13	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 made	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Duchess	det
15	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 house	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Duchess	case
17	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 house	amod
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 visit	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	make	past	Alice	Alice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset herself=Beneficiary inch=Product
3	visit	to-infinitive	Alice not said here	the Duchess's little house	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Co-Agent

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: Why does she grow to two feet before the March Hare's house?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 grow	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grow	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grow	nsubj
4	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 feet	nummod
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grow	obl
8	before	before	ADP	_	13 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Hare	det
10	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Hare	compound
11	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 house	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Hare	case
13	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 grow	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · do-support	Alice			the March Hare's house		to two feet	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before house=Location

The options

Option 1

She has no idea how big the house is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 big	advmod
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 idea	amod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 house	det
8	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 big	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 big	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She	no idea					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient
2	is	present	the house					big property	tree rules

Option 2

Because she needs to climb the chimneys to see if the March Hare is still at his tea party

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 needs	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 party	advcl
4	to	to	PART	_	5 climb	mark
5	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needs	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 chimneys	det
7	chimneys	chimney	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 climb	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 climb	advcl
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 Hare	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Hare	det
12	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Hare	compound
13	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 see	obl
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 party	cop
15	still	still	ADV	_	19 party	advmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	19 party	case
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 party	nmod:poss
18	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 party	compound
19	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	need	present	she				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	climb not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	the chimneys			vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location chimney=Theme
3	see	to-infinitive	she not said here	the March Hare			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present			Hare's tea party	still	tree rules

Option 3

She wants to see the Hare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hare	det
6	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	She						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	the Hare					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hare=Stimulus

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

The house is so large that she wants to be bigger first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 house	det
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 large	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 large	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 large	advmod
5	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 wants	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wants	nsubj
8	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 large	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	11 bigger	mark
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 bigger	cop
11	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 wants	xcomp
12	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 wants	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the house	large property	tree rules
2	want	present	she	first property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
3	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	big property	tree rules

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