Test 10 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…
Which is TRUE about the tea-party so far?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be
This is test 10 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 TRUE | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 TRUE | cop |
| 3 | TRUE | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 party | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 party | det |
| 6 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 party | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 tea | punct |
| 8 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 TRUE | obl |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 far | advmod |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 TRUE | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 TRUE | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | about the tea party; far, true 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 Dormouse has been awake since the start
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Dormouse | det |
| 2 | Dormouse | Dormouse | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 awake | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 awake | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 awake | cop |
| 5 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | since | since | ADP | _ | 8 start | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 start | det |
| 8 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 awake | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · perfect | the Dormouse | since the start | awake property | tree rules |
Option 2
The March Hare pours Alice a cup of wine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Hare | det |
| 2 | March | March | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Hare | compound |
| 3 | Hare | Hare | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 pours | nsubj |
| 4 | pours | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 pours | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cup | det |
| 7 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pours | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 wine | case |
| 9 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cup | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | present | the March Hare | Alice | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent alice=Theme cup=Destination |
Option 3
Tea was served
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 served | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 served | aux:pass |
| 3 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | serve | past · passive | Tea | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The Hatter asks a riddle that nobody can answer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Hatter | det |
| 2 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 riddle | det |
| 5 | riddle | riddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 answer | nsubj |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 answer | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 answer | aux |
| 9 | answer | answer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 riddle | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | the Hatter | a riddle | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | can | a riddle | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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