Test 14 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Looking back: who else in the book has a watch, and how is it different?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Looking, watch · What happens: look back, have, be · To what, where: watch

This is test 14 · ★ 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	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 has	csubj
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Looking	obl
5	else	else	ADV	_	4 who	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 book	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 book	det
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 watch	det
11	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 has	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 different	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 different	cc
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 different	advmod
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 different	cop
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 different	nsubj
17	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 has	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			in the book	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in book=Theme
2	have	present	Looking	a watch		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Patient
3	is	present	watch		different 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

The Caterpillar, who had a pipe and a watch of brass

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Caterpillar	det
2	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 had	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pipe	det
7	pipe	pipe	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 watch	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 watch	det
10	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pipe	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 brass	case
12	brass	brass	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 watch	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the Caterpillar	a pipe and a watch of brass					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Patient

Option 2

The Hatter, whose watch shows the day but no hours at all

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	6 shows	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shows	punct
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 watch	nmod:poss
5	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 hours	cc
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 hours	det
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 day	conj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 shows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the Hatter			all	day		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Hatter, whose watch was wrong

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	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wrong	punct
4	whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	5 watch	nmod:poss
5	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wrong	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wrong	cop
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Hatter	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	watch					wrong property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The White Rabbit, who took his from his waistcoat-pocket to check if he was late

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Rabbit	det
2	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Rabbit	amod
3	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 took	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 took	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 took	nsubj
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 took	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	12 pocket	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 pocket	nmod:poss
10	waistcoat	waistcoat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pocket	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 waistcoat	punct
12	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 took	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 check	mark
14	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 took	advcl
15	if	if	SCONJ	_	18 late	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 late	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 late	cop
18	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 check	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	the White Rabbit	his = he	Rabbit's waistcoat pocket		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent his=Theme from pocket=Initial_Location
2	check	to-infinitive	the White Rabbit not said here				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	past	Rabbit			late property	tree rules

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