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Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

«She boxed the Queen's ears—» Alice gives «a little scream of laughter». Why does the Rabbit hush her?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: She, Alice, laughter, Rabbit · What happens: box, give, scream, hush · To what, where: ears, little scream, Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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: «She boxed the Queen's ears—» Alice gives «a little scream of laughter».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 boxed	punct
2	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 boxed	nsubj
3	boxed	box	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 gives	csubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 ears	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Queen	case
7	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 boxed	obj
8	—	-	PUNCT	_	3 boxed	punct
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 boxed	punct
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gives	nsubj
11	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 scream	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 scream	det
14	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 scream	amod
15	scream	scream	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gives	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 laughter	case
17	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 scream	nmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 scream	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 gives	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	box in a quote	past	She	the Queen's ears					vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent
2	give	present	Alice	a little scream of laughter					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scream=Theme
3	scream in a quote		laughter						nom scream «communication intransitive»: of=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: Why does the Rabbit hush her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 hush	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hush	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Rabbit	det
4	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hush	nsubj
5	hush	hush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hush	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hush	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hush	present · do-support	the Rabbit	Alice					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient

The options

Option 1

He thinks Alice is being very rude to him

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	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 rude	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 rude	cop
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 rude	advmod
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Alice		him = he			rude property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He is afraid the Queen will hear and be angry

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 afraid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hear	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 afraid	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 angry	cc
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 angry	cop
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hear	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					afraid property	tree rules
2	hear	future	the Queen						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	infinitive	the Queen not said here					angry property	tree rules

Option 3

He is afraid the King will fall asleep

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 afraid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fall	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 fall	aux
7	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 afraid	ccomp
8	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fall	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					afraid property	tree rules
2	fall	future	the King					asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He is afraid the Queen will hear and be angry, and then she will order his execution

The tree, 17 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	3 afraid	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 afraid	cop
3	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 hear	nsubj
6	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 afraid	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 angry	cc
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 angry	cop
10	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hear	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 order	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 order	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 order	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 order	nsubj
15	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 order	aux
16	order	order	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 afraid	conj
17	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 execution	nmod:poss
18	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 order	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					afraid property	tree rules
2	hear	future	the Queen						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
3	is	infinitive	the Queen not said here					angry property	tree rules
4	order	future	Queen	his execution			then		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent execution=Theme
5	execute		his = he						nom execution «act transitive»: poss=agent

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