Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…
★★★ Alice says "I don't much care where—", and the Cat answers "Then it doesn't matter which way you go." Why is the Cat right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, Cat, it, you · What happens: say, not care, answer, not matter, go, be · To what, where: way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 17 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Alice says "I don't much care where—", and the Cat answers "Then it doesn't matter which way you go."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Alice | case |
| 4 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 care | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 care | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 care | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 care | advmod |
| 10 | much | much | ADV | _ | 11 care | advmod |
| 11 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 says | ccomp |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 care | advmod |
| 13 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 care | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 care | punct |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 answers | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 answers | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Cat | det |
| 18 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 answers | nsubj |
| 19 | answers | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | conj |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 25 matter | punct |
| 21 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 matter | advmod |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 matter | nsubj |
| 23 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 matter | aux |
| 24 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 25 matter | advmod |
| 25 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 answers | ccomp |
| 26 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 27 way | det |
| 27 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 matter | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 29 go | nsubj |
| 29 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 way | acl:relcl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 answers | punct |
| 31 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 answers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | ★ ★ Alice | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not care in a quote | present · do-support | ★ ★ Alice = ★ | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | answer speech: assert | present | the Cat | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | not matter in a quote | present · do-support | it | which way | then | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | go in a quote | present | you | which way not said here | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=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: Why is the Cat right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Cat | det |
| 4 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 Cat | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Cat | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Any road is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 road | det |
| 2 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | any road | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Because Alice does not know where she is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 know | mark |
| 2 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 know | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 know | advmod |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 5 know | ccomp |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 where | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not know | present · do-support | Alice | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Alice | where property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
If you have no place to reach, any road will do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 have | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | advcl |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 place | det |
| 5 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 reach | mark |
| 7 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 place | acl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| 9 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 do | nsubj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have a condition, not said to happen | present | you | no place | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | ||||
| 2 | reach | to-infinitive | you not said here | no place not said here | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | do | future | any road | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Roads are all the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 same | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 same | cop |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Roads | all, same property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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