Test 3 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

The table «was a large one», but the three were «crowded together at one corner». What does this tell us?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: table, this · What happens: be, crowd together, tell · To what, where: large one, three, one corner, us · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ 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 table «was a large one», but the three were «crowded together at one corner».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 table	det
2	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 one	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 one	amod
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 crowded	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 crowded	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 three	det
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 crowded	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 crowded	aux:pass
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 crowded	punct
15	crowded	crowd	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 one	conj
16	together	together	ADV	_	15 crowded	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 corner	case
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 corner	nummod
19	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 crowded	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 corner	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	the table	a large one					tree rules
2	crowd together in a quote	past · passive		the three		one corner		together property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at corner=Destination

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 does this tell us?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	this		us				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

«No room!» was not true; there was plenty of room, and the Dormouse had been sitting in the middle all along

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
2	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 room	det
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 true	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 true	advmod
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 was	punct
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 was	expl
11	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	parataxis
12	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 was	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 room	case
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plenty	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sitting	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sitting	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Dormouse	det
18	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 sitting	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 sitting	aux
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 sitting	aux
21	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 true	conj
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 middle	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 middle	det
24	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sitting	obl
25	all	all	ADV	_	26 along	advmod
26	along	along	ADV	_	21 sitting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not is	past	no room		true property	tree rules
2	be	past	plenty of room	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sit	past · perfect · progressive	the Dormouse	the middle	along property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location

Option 2

«No room!» was not true; there was plenty of room, so they crowded together by choice

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
2	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 room	det
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 true	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 true	advmod
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 was	punct
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 was	expl
11	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	parataxis
12	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 was	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 room	case
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plenty	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 crowded	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 crowded	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 crowded	nsubj
18	crowded	crowd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	conj
19	together	together	ADV	_	18 crowded	advmod
20	by	by	ADP	_	21 choice	case
21	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 crowded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	not is	past	no room		true property	tree rules
2	be	past	plenty of room	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	crowd together	past	they		by choice; together property	vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme by choice=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

«No room!» was not true; there was plenty of room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
2	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 room	det
3	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 true	nsubj
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 room	punct
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 true	advmod
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 was	punct
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 was	expl
11	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 true	parataxis
12	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 was	nsubj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 room	case
14	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plenty	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past	no room					true property	tree rules
2	be	past	plenty of room			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

They had plenty of room, but chose to sit close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 room	case
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plenty	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chose	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 chose	cc
8	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sit	mark
10	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 chose	xcomp
11	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sit	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	They	plenty of room		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient
2	choose	past	They not said here			tree rules
3	sit	to-infinitive	They not said here		close property	vn assuming_position-50 «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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