Test 9 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VII, part 2: A Mad Tea-Party…

«Really, now you ask me, I don't think—» «Then you shouldn't talk.» Why is that so rude?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, I, that · What happens: ask, not think, not talk, be · To what, where: me

This is test 9 · ★ 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: «Really, now you ask me, I don't think—» «Then you shouldn't talk.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
2	Really	really	ADV	_	6 ask	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Really	punct
4	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ask	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 ask	nsubj
6	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 ask	iobj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 think	nsubj
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 think	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 think	advmod
12	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 ask	parataxis
13	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 think	punct
15	«	«	PUNCT	_	20 talk	punct
16	Then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 talk	advmod
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 talk	nsubj
18	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 talk	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 talk	advmod
20	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 think	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	ask speech: ask in a quote	present	you	me	now	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
2	not think speech: other in a quote	present · do-support	I			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not talk in a quote	should	you		then	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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: Why is that so rude?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 rude	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 rude	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 rude	advmod
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 rude	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He pretends she has no thoughts because she said she does not think

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pretends	nsubj
2	pretends	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 pretends	ccomp
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 thoughts	det
6	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 said	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pretends	advcl
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 think	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 think	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 think	advmod
13	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pretend	present	He		tree rules
2	have	present	she	no thoughts	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient
3	say speech: assert	past	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	not think speech: other	present · do-support	she		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He twists her «I don't think» to mean she has no thoughts, so she should shut up

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 twists	nsubj
2	twists	twist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 twists	obj
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 think	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 think	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 think	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 think	advmod
8	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 twists	parataxis
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 think	punct
10	to	to	PART	_	11 mean	mark
11	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 think	advcl
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 has	nsubj
13	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 mean	ccomp
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 thoughts	det
15	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 has	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 shut	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 shut	advmod
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 shut	nsubj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 shut	aux
20	shut	shut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 twists	parataxis
21	up	up	ADP	_	20 shut	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	twist	present	He	her = she	tree rules
2	not think speech: other in a quote	present · do-support	I		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	to-infinitive	I not said here		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	present	she	no thoughts	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Patient
5	shut up	should	she		vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He says she should keep quiet because she has nothing useful to say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keep	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 has	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 has	nsubj
9	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	advcl
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 has	obj
11	useful	useful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nothing	amod
12	to	to	PART	_	13 say	mark
13	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 useful	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	He			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	keep	should	she		quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	have	present	she	nothing		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient
4	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	nothing not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He is teasing her about her hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 teasing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 teasing	aux
3	teasing	tease	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 teasing	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 hat	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hat	nmod:poss
7	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 teasing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tease	present · progressive	He	her = she				about her hat	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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