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Test 8 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Alice's watch does not tell the year «because it stays the same year for such a long time». Why does the Hatter say «Which is just the case with mine»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: watch, Hatter · What happens: not tell, stay, say, be · To what, where: case · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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's watch does not tell the year «because it stays the same year for such a long time».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 watch	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Alice	case
3	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 year	det
8	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tell	obj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 stays	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stays	nsubj
12	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 year	det
14	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 year	amod
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stays	obl:unmarked
16	for	for	ADP	_	20 time	case
17	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	20 time	det:predet
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 time	det
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 time	amod
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stays	obl
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 time	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	present · do-support	Alice's watch				year		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay in a quote	present	watch				time; year		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 does the Hatter say «Which is just the case with mine»?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Hatter	det
4	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 case	punct
7	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 case	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 case	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 case	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 case	det
11	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 mine	case
13	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 case	nmod
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 case	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the Hatter						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		the case				with the Hatter = hatter	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

His watch shows the date, but never the hour now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 watch	nmod:poss
2	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 date	det
5	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hour	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 hour	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 hour	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hour	det
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	parataxis
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 shows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	His watch	the date			now		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent date=Recipient

Option 2

It is a broken watch

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	5 watch	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 watch	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 watch	det
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 watch	amod
5	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	participle							vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is a	present	It	a broken watch					tree rules

Option 3

His watch shows the minutes and not the hours at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 watch	nmod:poss
2	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 minutes	det
5	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hours	cc
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 hours	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hours	det
9	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 minutes	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 shows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	His watch			all	minute		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

His watch shows no hours, as if the hour were always the same

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 watch	nmod:poss
2	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 hours	det
5	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 shows	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 same	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 same	mark
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	14 same	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hour	det
10	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 same	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 same	cop
12	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	14 same	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 same	det
14	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	His watch				hour		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	past	the hour					always, same property	tree rules

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