Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…
★★★ "Did you say pig, or fig?" Why might the Cat mix them up?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ ★ ★, Cat · What happens: say, mix up · To what, where: pig · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★★ 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: ★★★ "Did you say pig, or fig?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 5 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 fig | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 fig | cc |
| 11 | fig | fig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pig | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past · do-support | ★ ★ ★ | pig or fig | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pig=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.
Sentence 2: Why might the Cat mix them up?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 mix | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 mix | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Cat | det |
| 4 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mix | nsubj |
| 5 | mix | mix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mix | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 mix | compound:prt |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mix | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix up | might | the Cat | pig | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Pigs and figs are both fruit, and both grow wild
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 fruit | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 figs | cc |
| 3 | figs | fig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pigs | conj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fruit | cop |
| 5 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 fruit | det |
| 6 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 grow | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 grow | cc |
| 9 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 grow | nsubj |
| 10 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 fruit | advcl |
| 11 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 grow | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Pigs and figs | both fruit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | both | wild property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
They are both foods
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 foods | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 foods | cop |
| 3 | both | both | ADV | _ | 4 foods | advmod |
| 4 | foods | food | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | They | foods | both property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They sound almost the same, with only the first sound different
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sound | nsubj |
| 2 | sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sound | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sound | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 sound | case |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 sound | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sound | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 sound | amod |
| 11 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sound | obl |
| 12 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sound | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | They | with the first sound; same property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with sound=Theme |
Option 4
They look almost the same when written down, both words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 look | nsubj |
| 2 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 look | xcomp |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 written | advmod |
| 7 | written | write | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 look | advcl |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 written | compound:prt |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 words | punct |
| 10 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 words | det |
| 11 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | They | both words | same property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | write down | participle | They not said here | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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