Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig… Maya, Gen Alpha: "The Cat said 'we're all mad here', it's giving villain era." ("it's giving villain era" = it looks like a baddie.) How did the Cat prove Alice was mad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cat, we, era, Alice · What happens: say, be, give, look, prove · To what, where: villain era · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Maya, Gen Alpha: "The Cat said 'we're all mad here', it's giving villain era."
punct compound conj punct punct det nsubj parataxis punct nsubj cop advmod ccomp advmod punct nsubj aux ccomp compound obj punct punct root Maya PROPN , PUNCT Gen PROPN Alpha PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT The DET Cat NOUN said VERB ' PUNCT we PRON 're AUX all ADV mad ADJ here ADV ', PUNCT it PRON 's AUX giving VERB villain NOUN era NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Maya Maya PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 Alpha punct 3 Gen Gen PROPN Number=Sing 4 Alpha compound 4 Alpha Alpha PROPN Number=Sing 1 Maya conj 5 : : PUNCT _ 9 said punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 said punct 7 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 Cat det 8 Cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 9 said nsubj 9 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Maya parataxis 10 ' ' PUNCT _ 14 mad punct 11 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 14 mad nsubj 12 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 mad cop 13 all all ADV _ 14 mad advmod 14 mad mad ADJ Degree=Pos 9 said ccomp 15 here here ADV PronType=Dem 14 mad advmod 16 ', ', PUNCT _ 14 mad punct 17 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 giving nsubj 18 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 giving aux 19 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 said ccomp 20 villain villain NOUN Number=Sing 21 era compound 21 era era NOUN Number=Sing 19 giving obj 22 . . PUNCT _ 1 Maya punct 23 " " PUNCT _ 1 Maya punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert in a quote past the Cat vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote present we here all, mad property tree rules 3 give in a quote present · progressive Cat villain era vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent era=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: ("it's giving villain era" = it looks like a baddie.)
punct punct nsubj aux compound obj punct punct nsubj parataxis case det obl punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT it PRON 's AUX giving VERB villain NOUN era NOUN " PUNCT = PUNCT it PRON looks VERB like ADP a DET baddie NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 giving punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 5 giving punct 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 giving nsubj 4 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 giving aux 5 giving give VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 villain villain NOUN Number=Sing 7 era compound 7 era era NOUN Number=Sing 5 giving obj 8 " " PUNCT _ 7 era punct 9 = = PUNCT _ 11 looks punct 10 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 looks nsubj 11 looks look VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 giving parataxis 12 like like ADP _ 14 baddie case 13 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 14 baddie det 14 baddie baddie NOUN Number=Sing 11 looks obl 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 giving punct 16 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 giving punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 give in a quote present · progressive era villain era tree rules 2 look present era like a baddie vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Sentence 3: How did the Cat prove Alice was mad?
advmod aux det nsubj nsubj cop ccomp punct root How ADV did AUX the DET Cat NOUN prove VERB Alice PROPN was AUX mad ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 How how ADV PronType=Int 5 prove advmod 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 prove aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 Cat det 4 Cat cat NOUN Number=Sing 5 prove nsubj 5 prove prove VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 8 mad nsubj 7 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 mad cop 8 mad mad ADJ Degree=Pos 5 prove ccomp 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 prove punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 prove past · do-support the Cat vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent 2 is past Alice mad property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice "You must be mad, since you came into this strange land where everyone is mad and you cannot find your way"
The tree, 22 words punct nsubj aux cop punct mark nsubj parataxis case det amod obl advmod nsubj cop acl:relcl cc nsubj aux advmod conj nmod:poss obj punct root " PUNCT You PRON must AUX be AUX mad ADJ , PUNCT since SCONJ you PRON came VERB into ADP this DET strange ADJ land NOUN where ADV everyone PRON is AUX mad ADJ and CCONJ you PRON can AUX not PART find VERB your PRON way NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 mad punct 2 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 mad nsubj 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 mad aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 mad cop 5 mad mad ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 came punct 7 since since SCONJ _ 9 came mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 came nsubj 9 came come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 mad parataxis 10 into into ADP _ 13 land case 11 this this DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 13 land det 12 strange strange ADJ Degree=Pos 13 land amod 13 land land NOUN Number=Sing 9 came obl 14 where where ADV PronType=Rel 17 mad advmod 15 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 17 mad nsubj 16 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 mad cop 17 mad mad ADJ Degree=Pos 13 land acl:relcl 18 and and CCONJ _ 22 find cc 19 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 22 find nsubj 20 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 22 find aux 21 not not PART Polarity=Neg 22 find advmod 22 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 9 came conj 23 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 24 way nmod:poss 24 way way NOUN Number=Sing 22 find obj 25 " " PUNCT _ 5 mad punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is in a quote must You mad property tree rules 2 come in a quote past you this strange land vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into land=Initial_Location 3 is in a quote present everyone mad property tree rules 4 not find in a quote can you your way vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer "You must be, or you wouldn't have come here"
punct nsubj aux aux:pass punct cc nsubj aux advmod aux advmod punct root " PUNCT You PRON must AUX be AUX , PUNCT or CCONJ you PRON would AUX n't PART have AUX come VERB here ADV " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 11 come punct 2 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 come nsubj 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 come aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 come aux:pass 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 come punct 6 or or CCONJ _ 11 come cc 7 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 11 come nsubj 8 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 11 come aux 9 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 come advmod 10 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 11 come aux 11 come come VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 12 here here ADV PronType=Dem 11 come advmod 13 " " PUNCT _ 11 come punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not come in a quote would · perfect · passive You here vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
Option 3 "Because cats are never wrong about madness"
punct mark nsubj cop advmod case obl punct root " PUNCT Because SCONJ cats NOUN are AUX never ADV wrong ADJ about ADP madness NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 6 wrong punct 2 Because because SCONJ _ 6 wrong mark 3 cats cat NOUN Number=Plur 6 wrong nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 wrong cop 5 never never ADV PronType=Neg 6 wrong advmod 6 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 about about ADP _ 8 madness case 8 madness madness NOUN Number=Sing 6 wrong obl 9 " " PUNCT _ 6 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is in a quote present cats about madness; wrong property tree rules
Option 4 "Nobody sensible would walk into my wood"
punct nsubj amod aux case nmod:poss obl punct root " PUNCT Nobody PRON sensible ADJ would AUX walk VERB into ADP my PRON wood NOUN " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 " " PUNCT _ 5 walk punct 2 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 5 walk nsubj 3 sensible sensible ADJ Degree=Pos 2 Nobody amod 4 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 walk aux 5 walk walk VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 into into ADP _ 8 wood case 7 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 wood nmod:poss 8 wood wood NOUN Number=Sing 5 walk obl 9 " " PUNCT _ 5 walk punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 walk in a quote would Nobody into my wood result vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result
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