Test 14 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Looking back: where did Alice get the piece of mushroom she nibbles in the hall?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, get, nibble · To what, where: piece, hall

This is test 14 · ★ 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	13 nibbles	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 get	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 piece	det
9	piece	piece	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 mushroom	case
11	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 piece	nmod
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 nibbles	nsubj
13	nibbles	nibble	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 hall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hall	det
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 nibbles	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 nibbles	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	get	past · do-support	Alice	the piece of mushroom		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer piece=Stimulus
3	nibble	present	Alice		the hall	vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

From the Mock Turtle's basket, which she found in the wood by the river

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	6 basket	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Turtle	det
3	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Turtle	compound
4	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 basket	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Turtle	case
6	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 basket	punct
8	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 found	nsubj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 found	nsubj
10	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 basket	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wood	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wood	det
13	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	obl
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 river	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 river	det
16	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 found	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the Mock Turtle's basket			the wood		by the river	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

From the Caterpillar's mushroom in the wood: one side makes you taller, the other shorter

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	5 mushroom	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Caterpillar	det
3	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mushroom	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Caterpillar	case
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 makes	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mushroom	nmod
9	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 makes	punct
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 side	nummod
11	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 makes	nsubj
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 makes	obj
14	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 makes	xcomp
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 taller	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 other	det
17	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 makes	obl
18	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	one side	you		the Caterpillar's mushroom in the wood		the other obl; short, tall property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V PP»: agent=Asset you=Product from mushroom=Material

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

From the Caterpillar's mushroom in the wood, which he gave her, and which she broke in two to see which side did what

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	5 mushroom	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Caterpillar	det
3	Caterpillar	Caterpillar	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 mushroom	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Caterpillar	case
5	mushroom	mushroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gave	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 wood	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wood	det
8	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mushroom	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gave	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 gave	nsubj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gave	nsubj
12	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gave	iobj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 broke	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 broke	cc
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 broke	obj
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 broke	nsubj
18	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 gave	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 two	case
20	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 broke	obl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 see	mark
22	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 broke	advcl
23	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	24 side	det
24	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 see	obj
25	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 what	aux
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 gave	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	give	past			her = she	the Caterpillar's mushroom in the wood	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
2	break	past	she			two	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Patient
3	see	to-infinitive	she not said here	which side			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer side=Stimulus

Option 4

From the Duchess's kitchen, where the cook was throwing pepper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	From	from	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 kitchen	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Duchess	case
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 throwing	punct
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 throwing	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cook	det
9	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 throwing	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 throwing	aux
11	throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 kitchen	conj
12	pepper	pepper	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 throwing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · progressive	the cook	pepper					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pepper=Theme

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