Test 13 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Looking back: what did Alice do wrong the first time she was small enough for the little door, in chapter I?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, wrong, be · To what, where: first time

This is test 13 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 what	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 wrong	obj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	aux
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 wrong	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	8 wrong	aux
8	wrong	wrong	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrong	obj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 small	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 small	cop
14	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	acl:relcl
15	enough	enough	ADV	_	14 small	advmod
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 door	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 door	det
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 door	amod
19	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 small	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 chapter	punct
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 chapter	case
22	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wrong	parataxis
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 chapter	nsubj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	wrong	past · do-support	Alice		time		tree rules
3	is	past	Alice	the first time not said here		for the little door; enough, small 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She forgot the golden key on the glass table, and couldn't reach it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 key	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 key	amod
5	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 table	det
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 table	compound
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 reach	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 reach	cc
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 reach	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 reach	advmod
14	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 forgot	parataxis
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 reach	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	She	the golden key		the glass table			tree rules
2	not reach	could		key					vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

She ate the cake and grew too big for the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cake	det
4	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 grew	cc
6	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ate	conj
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 big	advmod
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 grew	xcomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 hall	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hall	det
11	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	She	the cake					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient
2	grow	past	She not said here					big property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

She forgot the golden key on the glass table, then grew so tall that she could not reach it, and her head hit the ceiling

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 key	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 key	amod
5	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 table	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 table	det
8	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 table	compound
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forgot	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grew	punct
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 grew	advmod
12	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgot	conj
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 tall	advmod
14	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 grew	xcomp
15	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 reach	mark
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 reach	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 reach	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 reach	advmod
19	reach	reach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 tall	advcl
20	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 reach	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 hit	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 hit	cc
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 head	nmod:poss
24	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 hit	nsubj
25	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 forgot	parataxis
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 ceiling	det
27	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	She	the golden key	the glass table			tree rules
2	grow	past	She not said here			then	tall property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not reach	could	she	key				vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	hit	past	her head	the ceiling				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceiling=Co-Theme

Option 4

She went through the door without the mushroom at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	through	through	ADP	_	5 door	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 door	det
5	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 mushroom	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mushroom	det
8	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	She			the door		without the mushroom; at all	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through door=Initial_Location

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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