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Test 11 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Alice was rude at the start of the tea-party and rude again later. Who started the rudeness?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: be, start · To what, where: start, tea party, rudeness

This is test 11 · ★ 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: Alice was rude at the start of the tea-party and rude again later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 start	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 start	det
6	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rude	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	11 party	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 party	det
9	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 party	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 tea	punct
11	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 start	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 rude	cc
13	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rude	conj
14	again	again	ADV	_	15 later	advmod
15	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	13 rude	advmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rude	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Alice			the start of the tea party		rude property	tree rules
2	be		Alice not said here					late property	tree rules
3	start			the tea party					nom start «event transitive»: of=patient

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: Who started the rudeness?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 started	nsubj
2	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rudeness	det
4	rudeness	rudeness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 started	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 started	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start	past		the rudeness					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rudeness=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

The Dormouse, who was rude about treacle and wells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 rude	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rude	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 rude	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rude	cop
6	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 treacle	case
8	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rude	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wells	cc
10	wells	well	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 treacle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Dormouse					about treacle and wells; rude property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Alice, because she said there was no room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 said	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 was	expl
7	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Alice						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past				there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The Hatter and the Dormouse, when they said there was no room and that Alice's hair wanted cutting, and then the Hare too

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Dormouse	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Dormouse	det
5	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Hatter	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Hatter	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 said	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 was	expl
11	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	ccomp
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 room	det
13	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 was	nsubj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wanted	cc
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 wanted	mark
16	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 hair	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 Alice	case
18	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 wanted	nsubj
19	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 room	conj
20	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 wanted	xcomp
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 Hare	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 Hare	cc
23	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 Hare	advmod
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Hare	det
25	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl
26	too	too	ADV	_	9 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Hatter and the Dormouse	the Hare					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past	no room			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	past	Alice's hair						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	cut not said to happen	gerund	Alice's hair not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The March Hare and the Hatter, with «No room!» and «Your hair wants cutting»

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Hare	det
2	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Hare	compound
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 wants	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 Hatter	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hatter	det
6	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Hare	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 room	punct
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 room	case
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 room	punct
10	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 room	det
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Hare	appos
12	!	!	PUNCT	_	11 room	punct
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 room	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wants	cc
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 wants	punct
16	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 hair	nmod:poss
17	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wants	nsubj
18	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 wants	xcomp
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want in a quote	present	the March Hare and the Hatter						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	cut not said to happen, in a quote	gerund	the March Hare and the Hatter not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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