Test 8 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 1: The Queen's Cro…

«Did you say 'What a pity!'?» asks the Rabbit. What did Alice really say, and what does she think?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Rabbit, Alice · What happens: say, pity, ask, do, think · To what, where: Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: «Did you say 'What a pity!'?» asks the Rabbit.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
2	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 asks	ccomp
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 pity	punct
6	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 pity	nsubj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pity	det
8	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 pity	punct
10	'	'	PUNCT	_	8 pity	punct
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
13	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Rabbit	det
15	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 asks	obj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past · do-support	you	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	pity in a quote			tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	present	the Rabbit	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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: What did Alice really say, and what does she think?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 think	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 think	cc
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	11 think	obj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 think	aux
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 think	nsubj
11	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past		Alice	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alice=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	think speech: other	present · do-support	Alice		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She said «What a pity!» and really thinks it is a pity

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 pity	punct
4	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	6 pity	det
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pity	det
6	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	6 pity	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 pity	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 thinks	cc
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 thinks	advmod
11	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 pity	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 pity	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pity	det
15	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present	She not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present	pity	a pity	tree rules

Option 2

She said «What for?» and thinks it is not at all a pity, and she hopes the Rabbit will stop asking

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 What	punct
4	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 said	ccomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	4 What	case
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thinks	cc
9	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pity	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 pity	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 pity	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 pity	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 pity	det:predet
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pity	det
16	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thinks	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 hopes	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 hopes	cc
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 hopes	nsubj
20	hopes	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Rabbit	det
22	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 stop	nsubj
23	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 stop	aux
24	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 hopes	ccomp
25	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present	She not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	it	all pity	tree rules
4	hope	present	she		vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	stop	future	the Rabbit		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
6	ask speech: ask	gerund	the Rabbit not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She said «What for?» and thinks it is not at all a pity

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 What	punct
4	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 said	ccomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	4 What	case
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thinks	cc
9	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pity	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 pity	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 pity	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 pity	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 pity	det:predet
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pity	det
16	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present	She not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	it	all pity	tree rules

Option 4

She said «What for?» and thinks it is not at all a pity, because the Rabbit is so rude to her

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 What	punct
4	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 said	ccomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	4 What	case
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thinks	cc
9	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 pity	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 pity	cop
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 pity	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	16 pity	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 pity	det:predet
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 pity	det
16	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 thinks	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 rude	punct
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	23 rude	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Rabbit	det
20	Rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 rude	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 rude	cop
22	so	so	ADV	_	23 rude	advmod
23	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	conj
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 her	case
25	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 rude	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	present	She not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is	present	it		all pity		tree rules
4	is	present	the Rabbit	her = she		rude property	tree rules

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