Test 5 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

«They lived on treacle» — «They'd have been ill» — «So they were». What makes this funny?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: They · What happens: live, be, make · To what, where: treacle

This is test 5 · ★ 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: «They lived on treacle» — «They'd have been ill» — «So they were».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct
2	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lived	nsubj
3	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	5 treacle	case
5	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lived	obl
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 ill	punct
9	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ill	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 ill	aux
11	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 ill	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 ill	cop
13	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lived	parataxis
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 ill	punct
15	—	-	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct
16	«	«	PUNCT	_	19 were	punct
17	So	so	ADV	_	19 were	advmod
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 were	nsubj
19	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lived	conj
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 were	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lived	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	live in a quote	past	They	treacle		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on treacle=Location
2	is in a quote	would · perfect	They		ill property	tree rules
3	be in a quote	past	they			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 makes this funny?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 funny	nsubj
4	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present						funny property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The Dormouse is always rude and silly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rude	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 rude	advmod
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 silly	cc
7	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rude	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Dormouse					always, rude property	tree rules
2	be		the Dormouse not said here						tree rules

Option 2

The Dormouse agrees with the Hatter instead of thinking about the story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 agrees	nsubj
3	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 Hatter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hatter	det
6	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 agrees	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	9 thinking	mark
8	of	of	ADP	_	7 instead	fixed
9	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 agrees	advcl
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 story	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 story	det
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the Dormouse					with the Hatter	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with hatter=Co-Agent
2	think speech: other	gerund	the Dormouse not said here					about the story	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about story=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The Dormouse agrees with Alice's objection instead of changing the story

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 agrees	nsubj
3	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 objection	case
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 objection	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Alice	case
7	objection	objection	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agrees	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	10 changing	mark
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	changing	change	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 agrees	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 story	det
12	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 changing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the Dormouse		with Alice's objection	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with objection=Co-Agent
2	change	gerund	the Dormouse not said here	the story		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent story=Patient
3	object		Alice			nom objection «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The Dormouse gets ill from the treacle and changes his mind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Dormouse	det
2	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gets	xcomp
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 treacle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treacle	det
7	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 changes	cc
9	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mind	nmod:poss
11	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 changes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	present	the Dormouse		the treacle	ill property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from treacle=Destination
2	change	present	the Dormouse not said here	Dormouse's mind			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
3	mind		Dormouse				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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