Test 3 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

What would have happened to the gardeners if Alice had not hidden them?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: happen, not hide · To what, where: Alice

This is test 3 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 gardeners	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gardeners	det
7	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happened	obl
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 hidden	mark
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 hidden	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 hidden	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 hidden	advmod
12	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 happened	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hidden	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect						to the gardeners	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not hide a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		Alice					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.

The options

Option 1

They would have been led off by the three soldiers to be executed, and the Queen would have watched

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 led	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 led	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 led	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 soldiers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soldiers	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 soldiers	nummod
10	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 led	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 executed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 executed	aux:pass
13	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 led	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 watched	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 watched	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Queen	det
17	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 watched	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 watched	aux
19	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 watched	aux
20	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 led	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	lead off	would · perfect · passive	the three soldiers	They	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	execute	to-infinitive · passive	the three soldiers not said here		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»
3	watch	would · perfect	the Queen		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They would have been led off by the three soldiers to be executed, and their heads cut off in the garden

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 led	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 led	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 led	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 soldiers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soldiers	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 soldiers	nummod
10	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 led	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 executed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 executed	aux:pass
13	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 led	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cut	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cut	cc
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 heads	nmod:poss
17	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 cut	nsubj:pass
18	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 led	conj
19	off	off	ADP	_	18 cut	compound:prt
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 garden	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 garden	det
22	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	lead off	would · perfect · passive	the three soldiers	They		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	execute	to-infinitive · passive	the three soldiers not said here			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»
3	cut off	participle · passive		soldiers's heads	the garden	vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They would have been led off by the three soldiers to be executed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 led	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 led	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 led	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 soldiers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soldiers	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 soldiers	nummod
10	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 led	obl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 executed	mark
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 executed	aux:pass
13	executed	execute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 led	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead off	would · perfect · passive	the three soldiers	They					vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	execute	to-infinitive · passive	the three soldiers not said here						vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»

Option 4

They would have been sent off by the three soldiers to a feast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sent	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sent	aux
4	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 sent	aux:pass
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 sent	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 soldiers	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 soldiers	det
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 soldiers	nummod
10	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sent	obl
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 feast	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 feast	det
13	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	would · perfect · passive	the three soldiers	They		a feast			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to feast=Destination

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