Test 1 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Mo says: «she sat down cos they invited her, innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mo, they, innit · What happens: say, sit down, invite, not be · To what, where: Mo, innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 13 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party (no room, riddles and Time)» 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: Mo says: «she sat down cos they invited her, innit.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mo	Mo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sat	nsubj
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	down	down	ADP	_	6 sat	compound:prt
8	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	10 invited	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 invited	nsubj
10	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sat	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 invited	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 innit	punct
13	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 invited	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Mo			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sit down in a quote	past	Mo			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	invite in a quote	past	they	Mo	innit obl	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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: (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 innit	punct
2	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	8 Put	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Put	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 Put	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	nsubj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 it	punct
8	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 innit	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	8 Put	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	innit	innit not said here				put, right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody invited her: they shouted «No room!» and she sat anyway

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 invited	nsubj
2	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invited	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shouted	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shouted	nsubj
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 room	punct
8	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 room	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 room	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sat	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sat	nsubj
14	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	14 sat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	invite	past	Nobody		her = she		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	shout speech: express	past	they	no room			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Topic
3	sit	past	she			anyway property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They did invite her, and she was very polite about it

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	3 invite	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 invite	aux
3	invite	invite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 invite	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 polite	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 polite	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 polite	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 polite	cop
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 polite	advmod
10	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 invite	parataxis
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 polite	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	past · do-support	They		her = she				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	is	past	she					about it; polite property	tree rules

Option 3

Nobody invited her: they shouted «No room!» and she sat anyway, then asked for wine and got tea

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 invited	nsubj
2	invited	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 invited	obj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 shouted	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shouted	nsubj
6	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 room	punct
8	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shouted	obj
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 room	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 room	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sat	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sat	nsubj
14	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shouted	conj
15	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	14 sat	advmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 asked	punct
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 asked	advmod
18	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 wine	case
20	wine	wine	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 asked	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 got	cc
22	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 invited	conj
23	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	invite	past	Nobody		her = she			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	shout speech: express	past	they	no room				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Topic
3	sit	past	she				anyway property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	ask speech: ask	past	Nobody not said here			then	for wine	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	get	past	Nobody not said here	tea				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tea=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was invited by the Hatter, who said it kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 invited	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 invited	aux:pass
3	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 Hatter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hatter	det
6	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 invited	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Hatter	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	obj
11	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	9 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invite	past · passive	the Hatter	She					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	the Hatter	Hatter				kindly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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