Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VI, part 2: The baby, the pig…

Kayla, rough: "Bloody cat won't give a straight answer, does my head in." ("does my head in" = drives me crazy.) Which answer is NOT straight?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Bloody cat, answer · What happens: not give, do in, do, drive, not be · To what, where: straight answer, head, me

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Kayla, rough: "Bloody cat won't give a straight answer, does my head in."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kayla	Kayla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rough	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
3	rough	rough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 give	punct
6	Bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cat	amod
7	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	nsubj
8	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 give	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 give	advmod
10	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 rough	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 answer	det
12	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 answer	amod
13	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 does	punct
15	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 give	advcl
16	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 head	nmod:poss
17	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 does	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	15 does	compound:prt
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 rough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give in a quote	future	Bloody cat	a straight answer					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme
2	do in in a quote	present	Bloody cat not said here	my head					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality

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: ("does my head in" = drives me crazy.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
3	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 head	nmod:poss
5	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	9 drives	mark
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 in	punct
8	=	=	SYM	_	9 drives	punct
9	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 does	advcl
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 drives	obj
11	crazy	crazy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 drives	xcomp
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do in a quote	present		my head					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality
2	drive	present		me				crazy property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme

Sentence 3: Which answer is NOT straight?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 answer	det
2	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 straight	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 straight	cop
4	NOT	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 straight	advmod
5	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 straight	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	which answer					straight property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 depends	punct
2	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 depends	nsubj
3	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 deal	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deal	amod
6	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 depends	obj
7	on	on	SCONJ	_	10 want	mark
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 want	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 want	nsubj
10	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 depends	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 want	xcomp
13	to	to	PART	_	12 get	xcomp
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	depend in a quote	present	That	a good deal	tree rules
2	want in a quote	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	get not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

"Right, left, or straight on: that depends on how mad you feel today and whom you wish to visit"

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
2	Right	right	INTJ	_	4 left	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 left	punct
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 on	punct
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 on	cc
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	8 on	advmod
8	on	on	ADP	_	4 left	obl
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 depends	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 depends	nsubj
11	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 left	parataxis
12	on	on	SCONJ	_	16 feel	mark
13	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	14 mad	advmod
14	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 feel	xcomp
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 feel	nsubj
16	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 depends	advcl
17	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 feel	obl:unmarked
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 wish	cc
19	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 wish	obj
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 wish	nsubj
21	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 depends	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 visit	mark
23	visit	visit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 wish	xcomp
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	leave in a quote	participle				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	depend in a quote	present	that			vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	feel in a quote	present	you	today	mad property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	wish in a quote	present	you			tree rules
5	visit not said to happen, in a quote	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

"The way you want is up to you, but I cannot say which"

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 up	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 up	nsubj
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 way	acl:relcl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 up	cop
7	up	up	ADV	_	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 up	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 say	cc
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 say	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 say	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 say	advmod
15	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 up	conj
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 say	obj
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	you	the way not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot way=Theme
2	is in a quote	present	the way		you	up property	tree rules
3	not say speech: assert in a quote	can	I				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent which=Topic

Option 4

"Go that way, you'll see"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct
2	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 way	det
4	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Go	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 see	punct
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 see	aux
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Go	conj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	imperative	you not said here	that way					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see in a quote	future	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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