Test 2 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…
«Murdering the time» — what is the joke?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: murder, be · To what, where: joke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Murdering | punct |
| 2 | Murdering | murder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 joke | csubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Murdering | obj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Murdering | punct |
| 6 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 joke | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 joke | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 joke | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 joke | det |
| 10 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 joke | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | murder in a quote | gerund | time | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | be speech: other | present | the joke | 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
It means Time is a person, so the Hatter killed a friend of the Queen's
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 person | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 person | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 person | det |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 means | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 killed | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 killed | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Hatter | det |
| 10 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 killed | nsubj |
| 11 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 friend | det |
| 13 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 killed | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Queen | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Queen | det |
| 16 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 friend | appos |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Queen | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Time | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | kill | past | the Hatter | a friend | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Singing out of rhythm is called murdering the time, but also Time is a person who can be hurt and was never asked
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 called | csubj:pass |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 rhythm | case |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 rhythm | case |
| 4 | rhythm | rhythm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Singing | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | murdering | murder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 called | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 murdering | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 person | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 person | cc |
| 12 | also | also | ADV | _ | 16 person | advmod |
| 13 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 person | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 person | cop |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 person | det |
| 16 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | conj |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 hurt | aux |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 hurt | aux:pass |
| 20 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 person | acl:relcl |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 asked | cc |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 asked | aux:pass |
| 23 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 24 asked | advmod |
| 24 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 hurt | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing out speech: express | gerund | rhythm | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rhythm=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | present · passive | Singing | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | murder | gerund | Singing not said here | time | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | Time | a person | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | hurt | can · passive | a person | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 6 | not ask speech: ask | past · passive | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V» |
Option 3
Singing out of rhythm is called murdering the time, and Time itself is a character who ran away from the Hatter
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 called | csubj:pass |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 rhythm | case |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 rhythm | case |
| 4 | rhythm | rhythm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Singing | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | murdering | murder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 called | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 murdering | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 character | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 character | cc |
| 12 | Time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 character | nsubj |
| 13 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 12 Time | nmod |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 character | cop |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 character | det |
| 16 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 called | parataxis |
| 17 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 ran | nsubj |
| 18 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 character | acl:relcl |
| 19 | away | away | ADV | _ | 18 ran | advmod |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 Hatter | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Hatter | det |
| 22 | Hatter | Hatter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing out speech: express | gerund | rhythm | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rhythm=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | present · passive | Singing | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | murder | gerund | Singing not said here | time | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | Time rhythm | a character | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | run away | past | a character | from the Hatter; away property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from hatter=Trajectory |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Singing out of rhythm is called murdering it, but Time sounds like a person who could be hurt
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singing | sing | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 called | csubj:pass |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 rhythm | case |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 rhythm | case |
| 4 | rhythm | rhythm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Singing | obl |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | aux:pass |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | murdering | murder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 called | xcomp |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 murdering | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sounds | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 sounds | cc |
| 11 | Time | Time | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 sounds | nsubj |
| 12 | sounds | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 called | conj |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 person | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 person | det |
| 15 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sounds | obl |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 hurt | aux |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 19 hurt | aux:pass |
| 19 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 person | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing out speech: express | gerund | rhythm | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rhythm=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call speech: assert | present · passive | Singing | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | murder | gerund | Singing not said here | rhythm | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 4 | sound | present | Time | like a person | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | hurt | could · passive | a person | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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