Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

Why is the Cat's proof that it is mad not a good proof?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: proof · What happens: be · To what, where: proof

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 proof	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 proof	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Cat	det
4	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proof	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Cat	case
6	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 mad	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 mad	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 mad	cop
10	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 proof	acl
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 proof	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 proof	det
13	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 proof	amod
14	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mad	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 proof	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Cat's proof					tree rules
2	is	present	proof	the Cat's proof not said here				a good proof obl; mad property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

The Cat is a cat, and so cannot possibly be mad, because it grins without a face at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cat	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cat	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 cat	det
5	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mad	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mad	cc
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 mad	advmod
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 mad	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 mad	advmod
11	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	13 mad	advmod
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 mad	cop
13	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cat	appos
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 grins	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	17 grins	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 grins	nsubj
17	grins	grin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cat	parataxis
18	without	without	ADP	_	20 face	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 face	det
20	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 grins	obl
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 all	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 grins	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Cat	a cat			tree rules
2	not is	can				mad, possibly property	tree rules
3	grin	present	Cat		all	without a face	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The Cat was never really mad, only sleepy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Cat	det
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mad	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 mad	advmod
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 mad	advmod
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sleepy	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	9 sleepy	advmod
9	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	the Cat					mad property	tree rules
2	be		the Cat not said here						tree rules

Option 3

Alice never actually saw the Cat growl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 saw	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 saw	advmod
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 saw	advmod
4	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 growl	det
6	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 growl	compound
7	growl	growl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	past	Alice	the Cat growl				actually property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer growl=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A cat's purr is not the same as a dog's growl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cat	det
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 purr	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 cat	case
4	purr	purr	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 same	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 same	cop
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 same	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 same	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	as	as	ADP	_	13 growl	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 dog	det
11	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 growl	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dog	case
13	growl	growl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 same	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not is	present	a cat's purr	as a dog's growl; same property	tree rules
2	purr		a cat		nom purr «event intransitive»: poss=agent
3	growl		a dog		nom growl «event intransitive»: poss=agent

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