Test 1 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

Kai: «the gardeners painted the roses white cos the Queen hates red, proper job.» (proper job = well done, West Country) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kai, Queen, proper job · What happens: paint, hate, do, put · To what, where: roses, red, West Country, it

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 15 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (painting the roses red)» 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: Kai: «the gardeners painted the roses white cos the Queen hates red, proper job.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 painted	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Kai	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 painted	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gardeners	det
5	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 painted	nsubj
6	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 roses	det
8	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 painted	obj
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 painted	xcomp
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 hates	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Queen	det
12	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 hates	nsubj
13	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 painted	advcl
14	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hates	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 job	punct
16	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 job	amod
17	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 red	conj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 painted	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 painted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint in a quote	past	Kai	the roses				white property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rose=Destination
2	hate in a quote	present	the Queen	red and proper job					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus

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: (proper job = well done, West Country) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 job	punct
2	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 job	amod
3	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Put	nsubj
4	=	=	SYM	_	6 done	punct
5	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 done	advmod
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 job	acl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Country	punct
8	West	West	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Country	compound
9	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 done	obl
10	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 done	punct
11	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 Put	obj
13	right	right	ADV	_	11 Put	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	participle	proper job not said here	West Country				well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	put	infinitive	proper job	it				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 painted white roses red, because the tree should have been red

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 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 roses	amod
4	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 painted	obj
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 painted	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 red	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 red	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 red	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 red	aux
11	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 red	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 red	cop
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 painted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	They	white roses				red property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rose=Destination
2	is	should · perfect	the tree					red property	tree rules

Option 2

They painted red roses white, because the Queen hates red

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 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 roses	amod
4	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 painted	obj
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 painted	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hates	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 hates	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 hates	nsubj
10	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 painted	conj
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	past	They	red roses				white property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rose=Destination
2	hate	present	the Queen	red					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer red=Stimulus

Option 3

They painted the white roses red, since the Queen loves white

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 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 white	det
4	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 roses	nsubj
5	roses	rose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 painted	ccomp
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 roses	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 loves	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 loves	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 loves	nsubj
11	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 painted	conj
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 loves	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	paint	past	They		tree rules
2	rose	present	the white	red property	tree rules
3	love	present	the Queen	white property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

They painted white roses red, because the tree should have been red, and the Queen hates the colour white

The tree, 19 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 painted	nsubj
2	painted	paint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 roses	amod
4	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 painted	obj
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 painted	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 red	punct
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 red	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tree	det
9	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 red	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 red	aux
11	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 red	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 red	cop
13	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 painted	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hates	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 hates	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 hates	nsubj
18	hates	hate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 painted	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 white	det
20	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 white	compound
21	white	white	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hates	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	paint	past	They	white roses	red property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rose=Destination
2	is	should · perfect	the tree		red property	tree rules
3	hate	present	the Queen	the colour white		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer white=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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