Test 10 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…
Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter. What was it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Frog Footman · What happens: look back, receive, be · To what, where: letter, Footman
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Looking back: in chapter VI, the Frog-Footman received a letter.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 received | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 chapter | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 6 | VI | VI | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Footman | det |
| 9 | Frog | Frog | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Footman | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 Frog | punct |
| 11 | Footman | Footman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 received | nsubj |
| 12 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 letter | det |
| 14 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 received | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 received | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | the Frog Footman not said here | in chapter | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme | ||||
| 2 | receive | past | the Frog Footman | a letter | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=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 was it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 it | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Footman | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
An order from the Queen for the Duchess to be beheaded
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 order | det |
| 2 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 order | nmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Duchess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Duchess | det |
| 8 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Queen | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 beheaded | mark |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 beheaded | aux:pass |
| 11 | beheaded | behead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 order | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behead | to-infinitive · passive | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP» |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An invitation from the Queen for the Duchess to play croquet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 invitation | det |
| 2 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invitation | nmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Duchess | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Duchess | det |
| 8 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 invitation | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 play | mark |
| 10 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 invitation | acl |
| 11 | croquet | croquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 play | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | to-infinitive | croquet | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme |
Option 3
A warning from the Cheshire Cat to the Duchess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 warning | det |
| 2 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Cat | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Cat | det |
| 5 | Cheshire | Cheshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Cat | compound |
| 6 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 warning | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 Duchess | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Duchess | det |
| 9 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 warning | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A letter from the King
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 letter | det |
| 2 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 King | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 letter | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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