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Test 19 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

★★★ Alice says it is «The fourth», and she is right; the watch is «two days wrong». Which days could the watch be showing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, it, watch, days · What happens: say, be, show · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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: ★★★ Alice says it is «The fourth», and she is right; the watch is «two days wrong».

nsubjdepcasenmodnsubjcoppunctdetccomppunctpunctccnsubjcopconjpunctdetnsubjcoppunctnummodobl:unmarkedccomppunctpunctroot★PROPN★X★ADPAlicePROPNsaysVERBitPRONisAUX«PUNCTTheDETfourthADJ»PUNCT,PUNCTandCCONJshePRONisAUXrightADJ;PUNCTtheDETwatchNOUNisAUX«PUNCTtwoNUMdaysNOUNwrongADJ»PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1★★PROPNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
2★★XForeign=Yes1 ★dep
3★★ADP_4 Alicecase
4AliceAlicePROPNNumber=Sing1 ★nmod
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs10 fourthnsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 fourthcop
8««PUNCT_10 fourthpunct
9ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 fourthdet
10fourthfourthADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord5 saysccomp
11»»PUNCT_10 fourthpunct
12,,PUNCT_16 rightpunct
13andandCCONJ_16 rightcc
14sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 rightnsubj
15isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 rightcop
16rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 saysconj
17;;PUNCT_24 wrongpunct
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 watchdet
19watchwatchNOUNNumber=Sing24 wrongnsubj
20isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin24 wrongcop
21««PUNCT_24 wrongpunct
22twotwoNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card23 daysnummod
23daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur24 wrongobl:unmarked
24wrongwrongADJDegree=Pos5 saysccomp
25»»PUNCT_24 wrongpunct
26..PUNCT_5 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent★ ★ Alicevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2is in a quotepresentitfourth propertytree rules
3ispresent★right propertytree rules
4is in a quotepresentthe watchdaywrong propertytree 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.

Sentence 2: Which days could the watch be showing?

detnsubjauxdetnsubjauxpunctrootWhichDETdaysNOUNcouldAUXtheDETwatchNOUNbeAUXshowingVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichDETPronType=Int2 daysdet
2daysdayNOUNNumber=Plur7 showingnsubj
3couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin7 showingaux
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 watchdet
5watchwatchNOUNNumber=Sing7 showingnsubj
6bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 showingaux
7showingshowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
8??PUNCT_7 showingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showcould · progressivewhich daysvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

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

The second or the sixth

detccdetconjrootTheDETsecondADJorCCONJtheDETsixthNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 seconddet
2secondsecondADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ordrootroot
3ororCCONJ_5 sixthcc
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 sixthdet
5sixthsixthNOUNNumber=Sing2 secondconj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

The second, the sixth, or any day at all in the month

detnsubjpunctdetpunctccdetapposcasenmodcasedetnmodrootTheDETsecondADJ,PUNCTtheDETsixthNOUN,PUNCTorCCONJanyDETdayNOUNatADPallDETinADPtheDETmonthNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 seconddet
2secondsecondADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord5 sixthnsubj
3,,PUNCT_5 sixthpunct
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 sixthdet
5sixthsixthNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6,,PUNCT_9 daypunct
7ororCCONJ_9 daycc
8anyanyDETPronType=Ind9 daydet
9daydayNOUNNumber=Sing5 sixthappos
10atatADP_11 allcase
11allallDETPronType=Tot9 daynmod
12ininADP_14 monthcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 monthdet
14monthmonthNOUNNumber=Sing11 allnmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The first or the seventh

detccdetconjrootTheDETfirstADJorCCONJtheDETseventhNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 firstdet
2firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ordrootroot
3ororCCONJ_5 seventhcc
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 seventhdet
5seventhseventhNOUNNumber=Sing2 firstconj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Only the day after the fourth, which is the fifth of the month

advmoddetcasedetnmodpunctnsubjcopdetconjcasedetnmodrootOnlyADVtheDETdayNOUNafterADPtheDETfourthNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONisAUXtheDETfifthNOUNofADPtheDETmonthNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_3 dayadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 daydet
3daydayNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4afterafterADP_6 fourthcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 fourthdet
6fourthfourthNOUNNumber=Sing3 daynmod
7,,PUNCT_11 fifthpunct
8whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel11 fifthnsubj
9isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 fifthcop
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 fifthdet
11fifthfifthNOUNNumber=Sing6 fourthconj
12ofofADP_14 monthcase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 monthdet
14monthmonthNOUNNumber=Sing11 fifthnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe fourth and the fifththe fifthmonthtree rules

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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