Test 6 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

Is this TRUE or FALSE? «The Queen knows the three gardeners at once.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: this, Queen · What happens: be, know · To what, where: three gardeners

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Is this TRUE or FALSE?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 TRUE	nsubj
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 FALSE	cc
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 TRUE	conj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					true property	tree rules
2	be		this not said here						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: «The Queen knows the three gardeners at once.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 knows	punct
2	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gardeners	det
6	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 gardeners	nummod
7	gardeners	gardener	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 knows	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 knows	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 knows	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 knows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know in a quote	present	the Queen	the three gardeners					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer gardener=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

False: they lie face down, and their backs look like all the others', so she cannot tell which is which at all

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lie	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 False	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lie	ccomp
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 face	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 look	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 backs	nmod:poss
10	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	nsubj
11	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lie	conj
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 others	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 others	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 others	det
15	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	obl
16	',	',	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	21 tell	advmod
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 tell	nsubj
19	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 tell	aux
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 tell	advmod
21	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lie	parataxis
22	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 which	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 which	cop
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 tell	ccomp
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 which	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	lie	present	they			tree rules
2	face down	infinitive	they not said here			vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	look	present	their backs		like all others	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	not tell speech: assert	can	she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present		all		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

False: they lie face down, and their backs look like all the others'

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lie	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 lie	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lie	ccomp
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 face	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 look	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 backs	nmod:poss
10	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	nsubj
11	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lie	conj
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 others	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 others	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 others	det
15	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	obl
16	'	's	PART	_	15 others	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lie	present	they		tree rules
2	face down	infinitive	they not said here		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	look	present	their backs	like all others	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

True: they lie face down, and their backs look like the King's

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lie	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 lie	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lie	ccomp
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 face	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 look	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 backs	nmod:poss
10	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	nsubj
11	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lie	conj
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 King	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 look	obl
15	's	's	PART	_	14 King	case

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lie	present	True		tree rules
2	face down	infinitive	True not said here		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	look	present	their backs	like the King	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

False: they lie face down, and their backs look like all the others', and the Queen is too angry to look closely at anyone

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lie	amod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 lie	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lie	nsubj
4	lie	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	face	face	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lie	ccomp
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 face	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 look	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 look	cc
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 backs	nmod:poss
10	backs	back	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	nsubj
11	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lie	conj
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 others	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 others	det:predet
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 others	det
15	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 look	obl
16	',	',	PART	_	15 others	case
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 angry	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 Queen	det
19	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 angry	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 angry	cop
21	too	too	ADV	_	22 angry	advmod
22	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 look	conj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 look	mark
24	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 angry	xcomp
25	closely	closely	ADV	_	24 look	advmod
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 anyone	case
27	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	24 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	lie	present	they		tree rules
2	face down	infinitive	they not said here		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	look	present	their backs	like all others	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	is	present	the Queen	angry property	tree rules
5	look	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here	at anyone; closely property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at anyone=Theme

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