Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

Ellie from Glasgow: «the wee sisters drew stuff beginning wi' T, like treacle.» (wee = little) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ellie, stuff, wee · What happens: draw, begin, put · To what, where: stuff, wi

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Ellie from Glasgow: «the wee sisters drew stuff beginning wi' T, like treacle.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 drew	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Glasgow	case
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ellie	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 drew	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 drew	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sisters	det
7	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sisters	amod
8	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drew	nsubj
9	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drew	obj
11	beginning	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stuff	acl
12	wi	wi	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 beginning	obj
13	'	'	PUNCT	_	14 T	punct
14	T	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wi	appos
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 treacle	punct
16	like	like	ADP	_	17 treacle	case
17	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 T	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 drew	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 drew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw in a quote	past	Ellie from Glasgow	stuff					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme
2	begin in a quote	gerund	stuff not said here	wi					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wi=Eventuality

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: (wee = little) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct
2	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 little	punct
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wee	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 little	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	wee	stuff				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They drew things beginning with M, like mouse-traps, the moon, memory and muchness

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obj
4	beginning	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 things	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 M	case
6	M	M	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beginning	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 traps	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	11 traps	case
9	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 traps	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 mouse	punct
11	traps	trap	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 things	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 moon	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 moon	det
14	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 things	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 memory	punct
16	memory	memory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 things	appos
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 muchness	cc
18	muchness	muchness	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 memory	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	They	things and mouse traps and the moon					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	begin	gerund	things and mouse traps and the moon not said here					with M	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with m=Subeventuality

Option 2

They drew things beginning with W, like wells

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obj
4	beginning	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 things	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 W	case
6	W	W	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 beginning	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wells	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 wells	case
9	wells	well	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	They	things				like wells	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	begin	gerund	things not said here					with W	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with w=Subeventuality

Option 3

They drew things beginning with T, like treacle, tea and teapots

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obj
4	beginning	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 things	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 T	case
6	T	T	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 beginning	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 treacle	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 treacle	case
9	treacle	treacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tea	punct
11	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 treacle	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 teapots	cc
13	teapots	teapot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 treacle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	They	things					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	begin	gerund	things not said here					with T	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with t=Subeventuality

Option 4

They drew things beginning with T

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obj
4	beginning	begin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 things	acl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 T	case
6	T	t	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beginning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	They	things					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	begin	gerund	things not said here					with T	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V PP.subeventuality»: agent=Eventuality with t=Subeventuality

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