Test 2 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

«Seven jogged my elbow.» — «That's right, Five! Always lay the blame on others!» What does Seven mean?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Seven, That, you · What happens: jog, be, lay, mean · To what, where: elbow, blame, others

This is test 2 · ★ 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: «Seven jogged my elbow.» — «That's right, Five!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 jogged	punct
2	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 jogged	nsubj
3	jogged	jog	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 elbow	nmod:poss
5	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jogged	obj
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 jogged	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 jogged	punct
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
10	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 right	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 right	cop
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 jogged	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Five	punct
14	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 right	obl
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 jogged	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jog in a quote	past	Seven	my elbow					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme elbow=Trajectory
2	is in a quote	present	That					Five obl; right property	tree rules

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: Always lay the blame on others!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 lay	advmod
2	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 blame	det
4	blame	blame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 others	case
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 lay	obl
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 lay	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 lay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lay	imperative	you not said here	the blame		others		always property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blame=Theme on other=Destination

Sentence 3: What does Seven mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	Seven						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

He is being sarcastic: Five always blames someone else, and Seven is trying to be clever

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sarcastic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sarcastic	cop
4	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Five	punct
6	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sarcastic	obl
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 blames	advmod
8	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Five	advcl
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 blames	obj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 someone	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 trying	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 trying	cc
13	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 trying	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 trying	aux
15	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sarcastic	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	18 clever	mark
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 clever	cop
18	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 trying	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		Five obl; sarcastic property	tree rules
2	blame	present	He not said here	someone	always property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
3	try	present · progressive	Seven			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	Seven not said here		clever property	tree rules

Option 2

He is praising Five for telling the truth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 praising	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 praising	aux
3	praising	praise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 praising	obj
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 telling	mark
6	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 praising	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 truth	det
8	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	present · progressive	He	Five					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent five=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	gerund	He not said here	the truth					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent truth=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He is being sarcastic: Five always blames someone else

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sarcastic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sarcastic	cop
4	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Five	punct
6	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 sarcastic	obl
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 blames	advmod
8	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Five	advcl
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 blames	obj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 someone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					Five obl; sarcastic property	tree rules
2	blame	present	He not said here	someone				always property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He is being sarcastic: Five always blames someone else, but Seven admits he jogged the elbow

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sarcastic	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sarcastic	cop
4	sarcastic	sarcastic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 blames	punct
6	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 blames	nummod
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 blames	advmod
8	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	conj
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 blames	obj
10	else	else	ADV	_	9 someone	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 admits	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 admits	cc
13	Seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 admits	nsubj
14	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sarcastic	conj
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 jogged	nsubj
16	jogged	jog	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 admits	ccomp
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 elbow	det
18	elbow	elbow	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 jogged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		sarcastic property	tree rules
2	blame	present	He not said here	someone	always property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Theme
3	admit speech: other	present	Seven			vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	jog	past	he	the elbow		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme elbow=Trajectory

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