Test 4 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

What would have happened, Alice thought, if she had left the baby in the kitchen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: happen, think, leave · To what, where: baby, kitchen

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 thought	punct
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 thought	nsubj
7	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 left	punct
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 left	mark
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 left	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 left	aux
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 thought	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 baby	det
14	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 kitchen	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 kitchen	det
17	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	Alice			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	leave a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Alice	the baby	the kitchen	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent baby=Theme in kitchen=Location

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 cook would have fed it to the pigs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fed	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fed	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 fed	aux
5	fed	feed	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fed	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 pigs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 pigs	det
9	pigs	pig	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fed	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feed	would · perfect · passive	the pigs	the cook					vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They would have killed it in a day or two

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 killed	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 killed	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 killed	aux
4	killed	kill	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 killed	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 day	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 killed	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 two	cc
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kill	would · perfect · passive		They			day		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer it=Result

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Duchess would have shouted and the cook would have thrown the frying-pan at it for hours

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duchess	det
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 shouted	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 shouted	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 shouted	aux
5	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 thrown	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cook	det
8	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thrown	nsubj:pass
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 thrown	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 thrown	aux
11	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 shouted	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pan	det
13	frying	frying	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pan	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 frying	punct
15	pan	pan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thrown	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 it	case
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 thrown	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 hours	case
19	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	would · perfect	the Duchess						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	throw	would · perfect · passive		the cook		pan	hour		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination pan=Theme

Option 4

They would have taken it to the Queen's palace and made it play croquet with the hedgehogs

The tree, 18 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	4 taken	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 taken	aux
4	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 taken	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 palace	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 Queen	case
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taken	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 made	cc
12	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 taken	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 made	obj
14	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 made	xcomp
15	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 play	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 hedgehogs	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 hedgehogs	det
18	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	would · perfect	They	it	the Queen's palace		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to palace=Destination
2	make	past	They not said here	palace			tree rules
3	play	infinitive	palace not said here	croquet		with the hedgehogs	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme with hedgehog=Co-Agent

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