Test 15 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Looking back: in chapter IV, Alice made a plan in the wood. What were its two parts?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, make, be · To what, where: plan, wood, two parts

This is test 15 · ★ 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 IV, Alice made a plan in the wood.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 made	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	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 plan	det
11	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 made	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 wood	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wood	det
14	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 plan	nmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	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	make	past	Alice	a plan		the wood			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product

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: What were its two parts?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 parts	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 parts	cop
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parts	nmod:poss
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 parts	nummod
5	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 parts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		wood's two parts					tree rules

The options

Option 1

First grow to her right size, then find the way into the lovely garden through the little door in the tree

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 grow	advmod
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 size	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 size	nmod:poss
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 size	amod
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 find	advmod
9	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 grow	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 garden	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 garden	det
14	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 garden	amod
15	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obl
16	through	through	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	9 find	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 tree	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 tree	det
22	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 door	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	imperative	you not said here					to her right size; first property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	infinitive	you not said here	the way		the lovely garden	then	through the little door in the tree	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

First grow to her right size, then find the way into the lovely garden

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 grow	advmod
2	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 size	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 size	nmod:poss
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 size	amod
6	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grow	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 find	advmod
9	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 grow	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 way	det
11	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	15 garden	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 garden	det
14	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 garden	amod
15	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	imperative	you not said here					to her right size; first property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	infinitive	you not said here	the way		the lovely garden	then		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic

Option 3

Find the Hatter, then ask him for the golden key

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Hatter	det
3	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ask	advmod
6	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Find	conj
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ask	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 key	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 key	det
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 key	amod
11	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	the Hatter					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hatter=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		Hatter		then	for the golden key	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

Shrink to the size of a mouse, then climb the tallest tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shrink	shrink	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 size	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 size	det
4	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shrink	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 mouse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mouse	det
7	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 size	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 climb	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 climb	advmod
10	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Shrink	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tree	det
12	tallest	tall	ADJ	Degree=Sup	13 tree	amod
13	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 climb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	imperative	you not said here					to the size of a mouse result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to size=Result
2	climb	infinitive	you not said here	the tallest tree			then		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme

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