Test 17 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Looking back: falling down the rabbit-hole, Alice wondered «Do cats eat bats?» Why is the «little bat» song a nice echo of that?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, cats, bat song · What happens: look back, fall down, wonder, eat, be · To what, where: rabbit hole, bats · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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: Looking back: falling down the rabbit-hole, Alice wondered «Do cats eat bats?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 wondered	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 falling	punct
4	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Looking	conj
5	down	down	ADP	_	9 hole	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hole	det
7	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hole	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 rabbit	punct
9	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 falling	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 wondered	nsubj
12	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 eat	punct
14	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 eat	aux
15	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 eat	nsubj
16	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 wondered	ccomp
17	bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 eat	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 eat	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 eat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	fall down	gerund	Alice not said here	the rabbit hole	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient hole=Result
3	wonder speech: ask	past	Alice		vn care-88.1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	eat in a quote	infinitive · do-support	cats	bats	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bat=Patient

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: Why is the «little bat» song a nice echo of that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 song	det
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 bat	punct
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bat	amod
6	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 song	compound
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 bat	punct
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 echo	det
10	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 echo	amod
11	echo	echo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 that	case
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 echo	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the bat song					why property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Bats come up in Alice's head again, mixed into a nonsense song that the Hatter sings to a Queen

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 head	case
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 head	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Alice	case
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mixed	punct
10	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 come	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 song	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 song	det
13	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 song	compound
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mixed	obl
15	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 sings	obj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Hatter	det
17	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sings	nsubj
18	sings	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 song	acl:relcl
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 Queen	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 Queen	det
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 sings	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come up	present	Bats			Alice's head	again		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Location
2	mix	participle	Bats not said here					into a nonsense song	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient into song=Co-Patient
3	sing speech: express	present	the Hatter	a nonsense song	a Queen				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Topic to queen=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Bats come up in Alice's head again, mixed into a nonsense song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bats	bat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 head	case
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 head	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Alice	case
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 come	obl
8	again	again	ADV	_	2 come	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mixed	punct
10	mixed	mix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 come	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	14 song	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 song	det
13	nonsense	nonsense	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 song	compound
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come up	present	Bats			Alice's head	again		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in head=Location
2	mix	participle	Bats not said here					into a nonsense song	vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient into song=Co-Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The song mentions a bat, as Alice once asked it to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 song	det
2	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mentions	nsubj
3	mentions	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bat	det
5	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mentions	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 asked	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 asked	mark
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 asked	nsubj
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 asked	advmod
10	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 mentions	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 asked	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	10 asked	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mention speech: other	present	the song	a bat					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bat=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	past	Alice		bat			once property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

Option 4

The bat in the song flies away from the cat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bat	det
2	bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flies	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 song	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 song	det
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bat	nmod
6	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 flies	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 cat	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cat	det
10	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly away	present	the bat in the song					from the cat; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from cat=Trajectory

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