Test 14 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

How has Alice changed since chapter I, when she wondered at the White Rabbit's watch?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, I · What happens: change, wonder · To what, where: watch

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 changed	advmod
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	since	since	ADP	_	6 chapter	case
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obl
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 wondered	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wondered	punct
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 wondered	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 wondered	nsubj
11	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chapter	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	17 watch	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rabbit	det
14	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Rabbit	amod
15	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 watch	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Rabbit	case
17	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wondered	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present · perfect	Alice				since chapter		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wonder speech: ask	past	I			the White Rabbit's watch			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Strange things hardly surprise her now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 things	amod
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 surprise	nsubj
3	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	4 surprise	advmod
4	surprise	surprise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 surprise	obj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 surprise	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	surprise	present	Strange things	her = she			now	hardly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 2

She now knows the Queen very well

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	3 knows	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 knows	advmod
3	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 knows	obj
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 well	advmod
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 knows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	She	the Queen			now	well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus

Option 3

She has grown up completely and now talks to cats and rabbits as if they were her oldest friends

The tree, 19 words

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	3 grown	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 grown	compound:prt
5	completely	completely	ADV	_	3 grown	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 talks	cc
7	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 talks	advmod
8	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 cats	case
10	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 talks	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 rabbits	cc
12	rabbits	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cats	conj
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 friends	mark
14	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 friends	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 friends	nsubj
16	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 friends	cop
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 friends	nmod:poss
18	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 friends	amod
19	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 talks	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	present · perfect	She			completely property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	talk	present	She not said here		now	to cats and rabbits	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to cat=Co-Agent
3	is a	past	rabbits = rabbit	her oldest friends			tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She now laughs at the Rabbit's watch and tells him all the strange things she has seen at home

The tree, 20 words

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	3 laughs	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 laughs	advmod
3	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 watch	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Rabbit	det
6	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 watch	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Rabbit	case
8	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 laughs	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tells	cc
10	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 laughs	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tells	iobj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 things	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 things	det
14	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 things	amod
15	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 tells	obj
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 seen	nsubj
17	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 seen	aux
18	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 things	acl:relcl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 home	case
20	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	laugh	present	She			the Rabbit's watch	now	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present	She not said here	all strange things	Rabbit			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient thing=Topic
3	see	present · perfect	she	all strange things not said here		home		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

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