Test 11 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

The Hatter says Time «won't stand beating». What joke does he make?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Hatter, joke · What happens: say, not stand, beat, make · To what, where: Time · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ 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: The Hatter says Time «won't stand beating».

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 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
6	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stand	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 stand	advmod
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 Time	parataxis
9	beating	beat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 stand	xcomp
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 stand	punct
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Hatter	Time	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent time=Topic
2	not stand in a quote	future			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	beat in a quote	gerund			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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: What joke does he make?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	2 joke	det
2	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 make	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 make	aux
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 make	nsubj
5	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 make	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · do-support	what joke						vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

The options

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

«Beat time» means tap the beat in music, but he pretends it means hit Time

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct
2	Beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 time	compound
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	tap	tap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beat	det
8	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tap	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 music	case
10	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tap	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pretends	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 pretends	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pretends	nsubj
14	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 means	nsubj
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 pretends	ccomp
17	hit	hit	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 Time	compound
18	Time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	mean	present	Beat time				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tap	infinitive		the beat	music		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent beat=Theme in music=Destination
3	pretend	present	he				tree rules
4	mean	present	beat			time	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He means Time is a tune, which is easy to hear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tune	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tune	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 tune	det
6	tune	tune	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 easy	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 easy	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 easy	cop
10	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tune	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 hear	mark
12	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 easy	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	He			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	Time	a tune		tree rules
3	is	present	a tune		easy property	tree rules
4	hear	to-infinitive	a tune not said here			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

«Beat time» means tap the beat in music, but he pretends it means hit Time, and the Dormouse laughs at it

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct
2	Beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 time	compound
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	tap	tap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beat	det
8	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tap	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 music	case
10	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tap	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pretends	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 pretends	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pretends	nsubj
14	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 means	nsubj
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 pretends	ccomp
17	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 means	ccomp
18	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hit	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 laughs	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 laughs	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Dormouse	det
22	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 laughs	nsubj
23	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	conj
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 it	case
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 laughs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	mean	present	Beat time			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tap	infinitive		the beat	music	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent beat=Theme in music=Destination
3	pretend	present	he			tree rules
4	mean	present	beat			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	hit	infinitive		Time		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme time=Co-Theme
6	laugh	present	the Dormouse		beat	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

«Beat time» means tap the beat in music, but he pretends it means hit Time with a stick, which is rude

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct
2	Beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 time	compound
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	tap	tap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 means	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beat	det
8	beat	beat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tap	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 music	case
10	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tap	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 pretends	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 pretends	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 pretends	nsubj
14	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 means	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 means	nsubj
16	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	parataxis
17	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	16 means	ccomp
18	Time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hit	obj
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 stick	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 stick	det
21	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hit	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 rude	punct
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 rude	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 rude	cop
25	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 stick	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Beat time					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tap	infinitive		the beat	music			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent beat=Theme in music=Destination
3	pretend	present	he					tree rules
4	mean	present	it					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	hit	infinitive				time	with a stick	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent with stick=Instrument
6	is	present	a stick				rude property	tree rules

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