Test 11 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

Looking back: what did the White Rabbit fear, in chapter IV, when he lost his gloves and fan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: look back, do, lose · To what, where: White Rabbit fear, chapter, gloves

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 lost	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 did	nsubj
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fear	det
7	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fear	amod
8	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 fear	compound
9	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 chapter	punct
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 chapter	case
12	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obl
13	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	12 chapter	flat
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	17 lost	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lost	nsubj
17	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 gloves	nmod:poss
19	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 lost	obj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 fan	cc
21	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 gloves	conj
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund	he not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	past		the White Rabbit fear	chapter	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fear=Eventuality
3	lose	past	he	his gloves and fan		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

That the Duchess would get him executed, «as sure as ferrets are ferrets», if he lost the gloves and fan for good

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 get	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	obj
7	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sure	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sure	punct
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 sure	advmod
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 executed	conj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 ferrets	mark
13	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ferrets	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ferrets	cop
15	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sure	advcl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 ferrets	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 lost	punct
18	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 lost	mark
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 lost	nsubj
20	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 gloves	det
22	gloves	glove	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 lost	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 fan	cc
24	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gloves	conj
25	for	for	ADP	_	26 good	case
26	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	would	That	him = he		tree rules
2	execute	participle	him = he not said here			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	ferrets	ferrets		tree rules
4	lose a condition, not said to happen	past	he	the gloves and fan	for good	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent glove=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

That the Duchess would get him executed, «as sure as ferrets are ferrets»

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 get	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	obj
7	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sure	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sure	punct
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 sure	advmod
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 get	conj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 ferrets	mark
13	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ferrets	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ferrets	cop
15	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sure	advcl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 ferrets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	get	would	That	him = he	tree rules
2	execute	participle	him = he not said here		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	ferrets	ferrets	tree rules

Option 3

That the Duchess would get him executed, «as sure as ferrets are ferrets», and the Queen would come with her soldiers to watch

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 get	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 get	obj
7	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 get	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sure	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sure	punct
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 sure	advmod
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 executed	conj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 ferrets	mark
13	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 ferrets	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ferrets	cop
15	ferrets	ferret	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sure	advcl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 ferrets	punct
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 come	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 come	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queen	det
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 come	nsubj
21	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 come	aux
22	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	conj
23	with	with	ADP	_	25 soldiers	case
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 soldiers	nmod:poss
25	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 come	obl
26	to	to	PART	_	27 watch	mark
27	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 come	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	get	would	That	him = he		tree rules
2	execute	participle	him = he not said here			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a in a quote	present	ferrets	ferrets		tree rules
4	come	would	the Queen		with Queen's soldiers	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	watch	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here			vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 4

That the Queen would have him executed, as the Duchess would have said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 Queen	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 have	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 have	obj
7	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 have	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 said	punct
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 said	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Duchess	det
11	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 said	nsubj:pass
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 said	aux
13	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 said	aux
14	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 have	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	would	the Queen	him = he	tree rules
2	execute	participle	him = he not said here		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	would · perfect · passive		the Duchess	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic

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