Test 13 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

Looking back: in chapter VI, the Cheshire Cat asked Alice if she played croquet with the Queen. What did she answer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cheshire Cat, Cat · What happens: look back, ask, play, answer · To what, where: Alice, croquet

This is test 13 · ★ 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 Cheshire Cat asked Alice if she played croquet with the Queen.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 asked	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	10 Cat	det
9	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Cat	compound
10	Cat	Cat	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 asked	nsubj
11	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 asked	iobj
13	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 played	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 played	nsubj
15	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 asked	advcl
16	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 played	obj
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 Queen	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Queen	det
19	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 played	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 asked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Cheshire Cat not said here			in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	the Cheshire Cat		Alice		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient
3	play a condition, not said to happen	past	Cat	croquet		with the Queen	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme with queen=Co-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: What did she answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 answer	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 answer	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 answer	nsubj
4	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	answer speech: assert	past · do-support	Cat						vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

She would like it very much, but she hadn't been invited yet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	obj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	3 like	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 invited	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 invited	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 invited	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 invited	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 invited	advmod
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 invited	aux:pass
13	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 like	conj
14	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 invited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	would	She	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	not invite	past · perfect · passive		she			yet		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

She would like it, but the Queen had not yet sent her a card

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sent	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 sent	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sent	nsubj
9	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sent	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 sent	advmod
11	yet	yet	ADV	_	12 sent	advmod
12	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 like	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sent	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 card	det
15	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	would	She	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	not send	past	the Queen	a card	her = she		yet		vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination card=Theme

Option 3

She would like it very much, but she hadn't been invited yet, and the Cat was not invited either

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	obj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	3 like	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 invited	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 invited	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 invited	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 invited	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 invited	advmod
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 invited	aux:pass
13	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 like	conj
14	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 invited	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 invited	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 invited	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Cat	det
18	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 invited	nsubj:pass
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 invited	aux:pass
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 invited	advmod
21	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 like	conj
22	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	21 invited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	like	would	She	it			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	not invite	past · perfect · passive		she	yet		vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
3	not invite	past · passive		the Cat		either property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She would like it very much, but she hadn't been invited yet, so she asked the Cat to take her there

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	obj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	3 like	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 invited	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 invited	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 invited	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 invited	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 invited	advmod
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 invited	aux:pass
13	invited	invite	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 like	conj
14	yet	yet	ADV	_	13 invited	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 asked	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	18 asked	advmod
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 asked	nsubj
18	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 like	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Cat	det
20	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 asked	obj
21	to	to	PART	_	22 take	mark
22	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 asked	xcomp
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 take	obj
24	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	22 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	like	would	She	it				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	not invite	past · perfect · passive		she			yet	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
3	ask speech: ask	past	she		the Cat			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent cat=Recipient clause=Topic
4	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		Cat	there		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination

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