Test 1 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…
Sam: «the Hatter's song, bruv, the King said off with his head.» (bruv = mate) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam, Hatter, you · What happens: say off, sing, put · To what, where: bruv
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 14 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party (the treacle-well and the garden at last)» 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: Sam: «the Hatter's song, bruv, the King said off with his head.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 song | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 song | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Hatter | det |
| 5 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 song | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Hatter | case |
| 7 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sam | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 song | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sam | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 King | det |
| 12 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 said | compound:prt |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 head | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 head | nmod:poss |
| 17 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 said | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say off speech: assert in a quote | past | Sam | with King's head | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with head=Manner | ||||
| 2 | sing in a quote | the Hatter | nom song «communication intransitive»: poss=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: (bruv = mate) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 bruv | punct |
| 2 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Put | obl |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bruv | conj |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 bruv | punct |
| 6 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 Put | obj |
| 8 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 Put | advmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | bruv and mate | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It was the King who sang «Off with his head!»
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 | 4 King | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 King | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 sang | nsubj |
| 6 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 King | acl:relcl |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Off | punct |
| 8 | Off | off | ADV | _ | 6 sang | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 head | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 head | nmod:poss |
| 11 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Off | obl |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 King | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 King | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | the King | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past | the King | off property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It was the Queen who bawled «Off with his head!»
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 | 4 Queen | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 Queen | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 bawled | nsubj |
| 6 | bawled | bawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 Queen | acl:relcl |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Off | punct |
| 8 | Off | off | ADV | _ | 6 bawled | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 head | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 head | nmod:poss |
| 11 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Off | obl |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 Queen | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Queen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | the Queen | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bawl speech: other | past | the Queen | off property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
The King said it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the King | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4
Sam is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sam | right property | tree rules |
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