Test 9 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 1: A Mad Tea-Party…

Tom, a bit mardy (sulky): «March Hare put cheese in the watch, that's why it's wrong.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: March, that, cheese, you · What happens: put, be · To what, where: cheese, watch

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Tom, a bit mardy (sulky): «March Hare put cheese in the watch, that's why it's wrong.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mardy	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Tom	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mardy	obl:unmarked
5	mardy	mardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 sulky	punct
7	sulky	sulky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mardy	parataxis
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 sulky	punct
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
11	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 put	nsubj
12	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 March	flat
13	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mardy	conj
14	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 watch	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 watch	det
17	watch	watch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 why	punct
19	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 why	nsubj
20	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 why	cop
21	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 mardy	parataxis
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 wrong	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 wrong	cop
24	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 why	advcl:relcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct
26	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 mardy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	put in a quote	past	March	cheese	the watch		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cheese=Theme in watch=Destination
2	is in a quote	present	that			why property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	cheese			wrong property	tree 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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	cheese				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It was butter, «the best butter», and crumbs got in with it

The tree, 12 words

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	3 butter	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 butter	cop
3	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 butter	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 butter	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 butter	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 butter	amod
8	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 butter	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 butter	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 got	cc
12	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 butter	conj
14	in	in	ADV	_	13 got	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	butter				the best butter nmod	tree rules
2	get in	past	crumbs					with butter	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

It was butter from the cow, and tea got in with it

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	3 butter	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 butter	cop
3	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 cow	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cow	det
6	cow	cow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 butter	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 got	cc
9	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 butter	conj
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 it	case
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	butter				from the cow	tree rules
2	get in	past	tea					with butter	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It was butter, «the best butter», and crumbs got in with it, then the Hare dipped it in tea

The tree, 19 words

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	3 butter	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 butter	cop
3	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 butter	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 butter	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 butter	det
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	8 butter	amod
8	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 butter	nmod
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 butter	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 got	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 got	cc
12	crumbs	crumb	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 got	nsubj
13	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 butter	conj
14	in	in	ADV	_	13 got	advmod
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 got	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 dipped	punct
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 dipped	advmod
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Hare	det
20	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 dipped	nsubj
21	dipped	dip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 butter	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 dipped	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 tea	case
24	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 dipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	butter			the best butter nmod	tree rules
2	get in	past	crumbs				with butter	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	dip	past	the Hare	butter	tea	then		vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme in tea=Trajectory

Option 4

It was bread, and the Dormouse ate it all up

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	3 bread	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bread	cop
3	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ate	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 ate	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Dormouse	det
7	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ate	nsubj
8	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 bread	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ate	obj
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 up	advmod
11	up	up	ADV	_	8 ate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	It	bread					tree rules
2	eat	past	the Dormouse	bread					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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