Test 4 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Why is «I breathe when I sleep» the same as «I sleep when I breathe» for the Dormouse?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: be, sleep, breathe

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 breathe	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 breathe	cop
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 breathe	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 breathe	nsubj
5	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 same	nsubj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 sleep	mark
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 sleep	nsubj
8	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 breathe	advcl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 breathe	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 same	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 sleep	mark
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 sleep	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 sleep	nsubj
15	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 same	advcl
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	18 breathe	mark
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 breathe	nsubj
18	breathe	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sleep	advcl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 breathe	punct
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 Dormouse	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Dormouse	det
22	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 breathe	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 same	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	I	breathe property	tree rules
2	sleep in a quote	present	I		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sleep in a quote	present	I		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	breathe in a quote	present	I	for the Dormouse	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is asleep nearly all the time, so whenever he breathes he is sleeping

The tree, 14 words

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	3 asleep	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	cop
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	5 all	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asleep	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 breathes	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 breathes	advmod
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 breathes	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 breathes	nsubj
12	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	parataxis
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sleeping	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sleeping	aux
15	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 breathes	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	time	asleep property	tree rules
2	breathe	present	he		whenever property	tree rules
3	sleep	present · progressive	he			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

He is asleep nearly all the time, so whenever he breathes he is sleeping, and he never wakes up properly for tea

The tree, 22 words

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	3 asleep	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	cop
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	5 all	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asleep	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 breathes	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 breathes	advmod
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 breathes	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 breathes	nsubj
12	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	parataxis
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sleeping	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sleeping	aux
15	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 breathes	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 wakes	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 wakes	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 wakes	nsubj
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 wakes	advmod
20	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	conj
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 wakes	compound:prt
22	properly	properly	ADV	_	20 wakes	advmod
23	for	for	ADP	_	24 tea	case
24	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 wakes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	time	asleep property	tree rules
2	breathe	present	he		whenever property	tree rules
3	sleep	present · progressive	he			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	not wake up	present	he		for tea; properly property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He breathes while he sleeps, so both are the same thing

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 breathes	nsubj
2	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	5 sleeps	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sleeps	nsubj
5	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 breathes	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 thing	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	12 thing	advmod
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	12 thing	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thing	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thing	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thing	amod
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breathes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	breathe	present	He		vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sleep	present	he		vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	both	the same thing	tree rules

Option 4

He is asleep nearly all the time, so whenever he breathes he is sleeping, and he snores through every single meal

The tree, 21 words

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	3 asleep	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	cop
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	5 all	advmod
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asleep	obl:unmarked
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 snores	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	19 snores	advmod
10	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 breathes	advmod
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 breathes	nsubj
12	breathes	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 snores	advcl
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sleeping	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 sleeping	aux
15	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 breathes	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 snores	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 snores	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 snores	nsubj
19	snores	snore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	conj
20	through	through	ADP	_	23 meal	case
21	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	23 meal	det
22	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 meal	amod
23	meal	meal	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 snores	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		time	asleep property	tree rules
2	breathe	present	he			whenever property	tree rules
3	sleep	present · progressive	he				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	snore	present	he	every single meal			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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