Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Looking back: in chapter III Alice also spoiled someone's story by interrupting. Whose?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, spoil, interrupt · To what, where: story

This is test 12 · ★ 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: Looking back: in chapter III Alice also spoiled someone's story by interrupting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 spoiled	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	III	III	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 spoiled	nsubj
8	also	also	ADV	_	9 spoiled	advmod
9	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 story	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 someone	case
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spoiled	obj
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	14 interrupting	mark
14	interrupting	interrupt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 spoiled	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 spoiled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here		in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	spoil	past	Alice	someone's story		tree rules
3	interrupt	gerund	Alice not said here			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: Whose?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Whose	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Mouse's long and sad tale, which she spoiled by asking about the Dodo and the Lory, when the Mouse was in the pool

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 tale	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mouse	case
4	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tale	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sad	cc
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 long	conj
7	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 spoiled	punct
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 spoiled	nsubj
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 spoiled	nsubj
11	spoiled	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tale	acl:relcl
12	by	by	SCONJ	_	13 asking	mark
13	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 spoiled	advcl
14	about	about	ADP	_	16 Dodo	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Dodo	det
16	Dodo	Dodo	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 asking	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Lory	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Lory	det
19	Lory	Lory	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 Dodo	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 pool	punct
21	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	27 pool	advmod
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 Mouse	det
23	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 pool	nsubj
24	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 pool	cop
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 pool	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 pool	det
27	pool	pool	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tale	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	spoil	past	the Mouse's long tale and the pool			vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	gerund	the Mouse's long tale and the pool not said here		about the Dodo and the Lory	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about dodo=Topic
3	is	past	the Mouse	the pool		tree rules
4	tell		the Mouse			nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The Duchess's cooking lesson, when she pinched the baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Duchess	det
2	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 lesson	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Duchess	case
4	cooking	cooking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lesson	compound
5	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pinched	nsubj:outer
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 pinched	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 pinched	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 pinched	nsubj
9	pinched	pinch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 baby	det
11	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pinched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pinch	past	the Duchess's cooking lesson	the baby					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Mouse's «long and sad tale», when she mixed up «not» and «knot»

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	2 Mouse	det
2	Mouse	Mouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tale	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mouse	case
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 tale	punct
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tale	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sad	cc
7	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 long	conj
8	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 tale	punct
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mixed	punct
11	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 mixed	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mixed	nsubj
13	mixed	mix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tale	parataxis
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 mixed	compound:prt
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 not	punct
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 mixed	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 mixed	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 knot	cc
19	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 knot	punct
20	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tale	conj
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 knot	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mix up	past	Mouse						vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	tell in a quote		the Mouse						nom tale «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The Cheshire Cat's grin, when she asked it a question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Cat	det
2	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Cat	compound
3	Cat	Cat	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 grin	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Cat	case
5	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 grin	punct
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 asked	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asked	nsubj
9	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 asked	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 question	det
12	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 asked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the Cheshire Cat's grin	a question	Cat				tree rules
2	grin		the Cheshire Cat						nom grin «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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