Test 4 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…
Mia: «yeah nah, Alice lay flat on her face like the gardeners.» (yeah nah = no) Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, no · What happens: lie, be · To what, where: face
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Mia: «yeah nah, Alice lay flat on her face like the gardeners.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 lay | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 nah | punct |
| 4 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 nah | discourse |
| 5 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 lay | discourse |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 nah | punct |
| 7 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 lay | nsubj |
| 8 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 8 lay | advmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 face | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 face | nmod:poss |
| 12 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lay | obl |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 gardeners | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 gardeners | det |
| 15 | gardeners | gardener | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 face | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 lay | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 lay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie in a quote | past | Mia | Alice's face like the gardeners | flat property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on face=Location |
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: (yeah nah = no) Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 nah | punct |
| 2 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 nah | discourse |
| 3 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 right | discourse |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 9 right | punct |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 right | nsubj |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 no | punct |
| 7 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 right | cop |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 right | nsubj |
| 9 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | no | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Right, it's a «no»: Alice stood still and waited
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 no | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 no | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 no | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 no | det |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 7 | no | no | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 10 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 11 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 stood | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 waited | cc |
| 14 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stood | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | a no | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | a no | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | wait | past | a no not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Right, it's a «no»: Alice stood still and waited, and then she told the Queen off for being rude
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 no | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 no | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 no | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 no | det |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 7 | no | no | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 10 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 11 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 stood | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 waited | cc |
| 14 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stood | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 told | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 told | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 told | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 told | nsubj |
| 19 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stood | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Queen | det |
| 21 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 told | iobj |
| 22 | off | off | ADP | _ | 19 told | compound:prt |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 25 rude | case |
| 24 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 rude | cop |
| 25 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 told | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | a no | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | a no | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | wait | past | a no not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | tell off speech: assert | past | Alice | the Queen | then | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient | |||
| 5 | is | gerund | rude property | tree rules |
Option 3
Right, it's a «no»: Alice stood still and waited, because the Queen was not looking her way at all
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 no | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 no | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 no | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 no | det |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 7 | no | no | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 no | punct |
| 10 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 stood | nsubj |
| 11 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 stood | advmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 waited | cc |
| 14 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stood | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 looking | punct |
| 16 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 21 looking | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Queen | det |
| 18 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 looking | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 looking | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 looking | advmod |
| 21 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 waited | advcl |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 way | nmod:poss |
| 23 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 looking | obj |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 all | case |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 looking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | it | a no | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | past | a no | still | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | wait | past | a no not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not look | past · progressive | the Queen | Queen's way | all | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Right, it's a «yes»: Alice lay flat and stayed still
The tree, 11 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 yes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 yes | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 yes | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 yes | det |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 yes | punct |
| 7 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 14 stayed | discourse |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 yes | punct |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 lay | punct |
| 10 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 lay | nsubj |
| 11 | lay | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 yes | conj |
| 12 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lay | xcomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 stayed | cc |
| 14 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 stayed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past | Alice | flat property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stay | past | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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