Test 12 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

Looking back: in chapter I, Alice once tried to box her own ears. Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I · What happens: look back, try · To what, where: box, chapter

This is test 12 · ★ 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 I, Alice once tried to box her own ears.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 tried	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tried	obl
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 tried	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 I	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 I	conj
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	10 tried	advmod
10	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 box	mark
12	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tried	obj
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 ears	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 ears	amod
15	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 box	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	try	past	I	box Alice's own ears		chapter		once property	vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

For cheating at croquet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 cheating	case
2	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 croquet	case
4	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	gerund				croquet			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, and then she lost anyway

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 cheating	case
2	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 cheating	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 game	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheating	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 croquet	case
8	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 game	nmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 playing	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 playing	aux
11	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 croquet	acl:relcl
12	against	against	ADP	_	13 herself	case
13	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 playing	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 lost	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 lost	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 lost	advmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 lost	nsubj
18	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cheating	conj
19	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	18 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	gerund		herself = she	a game of croquet			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Source
2	play	past · progressive	she	croquet not said here			against herself = she	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme
3	lose	past	she			then	anyway property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

For being rude to herself during a long game of croquet with the Duchess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	3 rude	case
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 rude	cop
3	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 herself	case
5	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 rude	obl
6	during	during	ADP	_	9 game	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 game	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 game	amod
9	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rude	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 croquet	case
11	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 game	nmod
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 Duchess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Duchess	det
14	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 croquet	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	gerund			herself = she		during a long game of croquet with the Duchess	rude property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

For cheating herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 cheating	case
2	cheating	cheat	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 playing	csubj
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 cheating	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 game	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 game	det
6	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cheating	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 croquet	case
8	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 game	nmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 playing	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 playing	aux
11	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	against	against	ADP	_	13 herself	case
13	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	11 playing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	gerund		herself = she		a game of croquet			vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Source
2	play	past · progressive	she					against herself = she	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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