Test 4 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Jess: «Alice was dead polite the whole time, never said owt rude.» (owt = anything, North England) Is that right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Alice, owt · What happens: jess, be, not say · To what, where: owt rude · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Jess: «Alice was dead polite the whole time, never said owt rude.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jess	jess	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 polite	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 polite	punct
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 polite	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 polite	cop
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 polite	amod
7	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Jess	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 time	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 time	amod
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 polite	obl:unmarked
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 said	punct
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 said	advmod
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Jess	parataxis
14	owt	owt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 rude	amod
15	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 said	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Jess	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	1 Jess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	jess	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	is in a quote	past	Alice		time	polite property	tree rules
3	not say speech: assert in a quote	past		owt rude			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent rude=Topic

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: (owt = anything, North England) Is that right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 owt	punct
2	owt	owt	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 right	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 anything	punct
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 owt	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 England	punct
6	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 England	compound
7	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 anything	appos
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 anything	punct
9	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 right	cop
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 right	nsubj
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	owt					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

No: she snapped «Nobody asked your opinion» at the Hatter, which was a personal remark of her own, and the Hatter answered back

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 snapped	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snapped	nsubj
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct
6	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 opinion	nmod:poss
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 Hatter	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Hatter	det
13	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 remark	punct
15	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 remark	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 remark	cop
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 remark	det
18	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 remark	amod
19	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Hatter	appos
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 own	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 own	nmod:poss
22	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 remark	nmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 answered	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 answered	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Hatter	det
26	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 answered	nsubj
27	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	conj
28	back	back	ADV	_	27 answered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	snap	past	she			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	Nobody	your opinion	at the Hatter	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent opinion=Recipient
3	be speech: assert	past	the Hatter	a personal remark	of Hatter's own	tree rules
4	answer back speech: assert	past	the Hatter			vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	opine in a quote		your			nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No: she snapped «Nobody asked your opinion», a personal remark of her own

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 snapped	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 snapped	nsubj
4	snapped	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct
6	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 snapped	conj
8	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 opinion	nmod:poss
9	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 snapped	punct
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 remark	punct
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 remark	det
13	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 remark	amod
14	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 snapped	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 own	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 own	nmod:poss
17	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 remark	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	snap	past	she	a personal remark of her own	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	Nobody	your opinion	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent opinion=Recipient
3	opine in a quote		your		nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Yes: she only said «Nobody asked your opinion» quietly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 said	discourse
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
7	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 asked	nsubj
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 opinion	nmod:poss
10	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
12	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	8 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	ask speech: ask in a quote	past	Nobody	your opinion	quietly property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent opinion=Recipient
3	opine in a quote		your			nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

No: she told the Hatter his hair wanted cutting, quite rightly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 :	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hatter	det
6	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hair	nmod:poss
8	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wanted	nsubj
9	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	ccomp
10	cutting	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 wanted	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 rightly	punct
12	quite	quite	ADV	_	13 rightly	advmod
13	rightly	rightly	ADV	_	4 told	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she	the Hatter	rightly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent hatter=Recipient clause=Topic
2	want	past	Hatter's hair			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	cut not said to happen	gerund	Hatter's hair not said here			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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