Test 16 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Looking back: who else has threatened «off with» someone's head before this chapter?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, threaten

This is test 16 · ★ 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	7 threatened	csubj:pass
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Looking	obl
5	else	else	ADV	_	4 who	advmod
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 threatened	aux
7	threatened	threaten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 off	punct
9	off	off	ADV	_	7 threatened	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	14 head	case
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 with	punct
12	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 head	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 someone	case
14	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threatened	obl
15	before	before	ADP	_	17 chapter	case
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 chapter	det
17	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 threatened	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 threatened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	threaten	present · perfect	Looking				before this chapter	with someone's head; off property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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 Duchess, in chapter VI, when she said «Talking of axes, chop off her head!» to the cook in her kitchen

The tree, 21 words

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	10 said	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Duchess	appos
6	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Duchess	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 said	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 Talking	punct
12	Talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 said	advcl
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 axes	case
14	axes	ax	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 Talking	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 chop	punct
16	chop	chop	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Talking	conj
17	off	off	ADP	_	19 head	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 head	nmod:poss
19	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 chop	nmod
20	!	!	PUNCT	_	16 chop	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 chop	punct
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 cook	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 cook	det
24	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Talking	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 kitchen	case
26	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 kitchen	nmod:poss
27	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	past	the Duchess						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	talk in a quote	gerund	the Duchess not said here			Duchess's kitchen		of axes; to the cook	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to cook=Co-Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The Duchess, in chapter VI: «Talking of axes, chop off her head!»

The tree, 12 words

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	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Duchess	appos
6	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Talking	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Talking	punct
9	Talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 Duchess	parataxis
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 axes	case
11	axes	ax	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 Talking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chop	punct
13	chop	chop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Talking	conj
14	off	off	ADP	_	16 head	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 head	nmod:poss
16	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chop	nmod
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Duchess	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 Duchess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk in a quote	gerund						of axes	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The Gryphon, in chapter X: «Off with his head, the teacher!»

The tree, 11 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gryphon	det
2	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Gryphon	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 X	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 X	compound
6	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Gryphon	nmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 Off	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 Off	punct
9	Off	off	ADV	_	2 Gryphon	parataxis
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 head	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 head	nmod:poss
12	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 Off	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 teacher	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 teacher	det
15	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Gryphon	appos
16	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 teacher	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 teacher	punct

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

Option 4

The Mock Turtle, in chapter X, said it about his teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Turtle	det
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Turtle	compound
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 said	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 X	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 X	case
6	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 X	compound
7	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Turtle	appos
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Turtle	punct
9	said	say	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 said	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 teacher	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 teacher	nmod:poss
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Mock Turtle	X				about Turtle's teacher	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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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