Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Leah from Pittsburgh: «yinz all know the Hatter's watch tells the time, like o'clock.» (yinz = you lot) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: yinz, Leah, you · What happens: know, tell, put · To what, where: watch, lot · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Leah from Pittsburgh: «yinz all know the Hatter's watch tells the time, like o'clock.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leah	Leah	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 tells	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Pittsburgh	case
3	Pittsburgh	Pittsburgh	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Leah	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Leah	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
6	yinz	yinz	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 know	advmod
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 tells	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Hatter	det
10	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 watch	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Hatter	case
12	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 know	obj
13	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tells	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 o'clock	punct
17	like	like	ADP	_	18 o'clock	case
18	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 time	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 tells	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	yinz	the Hatter's watch					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer watch=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	Leah from Pittsburgh				time		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «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.

Sentence 2: (yinz = you lot) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 yinz	punct
2	yinz	yinz	PROPN	_	root	root
3	=	=	PUNCT	_	7 Put	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 Put	nsubj
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Put	obl:unmarked
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 lot	punct
7	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 yinz	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 Put	obj
9	right	right	ADV	_	7 Put	advmod
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 yinz	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	you	lot				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

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

It tells the day of the month, not what o'clock it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 day	det
4	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 month	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 day	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 what	advmod
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 tells	obj
11	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 what	nsubj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 o'clock	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 what	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It	day	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	present	o'clock		tree rules
3	o'clock		o'clock		tree rules

Option 2

It tells what o'clock it is, not the date at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 o'clock	nsubj
4	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 date	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 date	cop
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 date	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 date	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 date	det
10	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	ccomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 date	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	o'clock					tree rules
3	not is a	present	o'clock	the date	all	tree rules

Option 3

It tells the hour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hour	det
4	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It				hour		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It tells the year and the month, not what o'clock it is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 year	det
4	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 month	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 year	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 what	advmod
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 tells	obj
11	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 what	nsubj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 o'clock	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 what	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It	year	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	present	o'clock		tree rules
3	o'clock		o'clock		tree rules

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