Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

Zoe, salty (cross): «the Queen sentenced three players for cheating.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zoe, you · What happens: sentence, put · To what, where: three players, cheating

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 16 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Croquet-Ground (a head without a body)» 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: Zoe, salty (cross): «the Queen sentenced three players for cheating.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sentenced	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 salty	punct
3	salty	salty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Zoe	appos
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
5	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 salty	conj
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	11 sentenced	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 sentenced	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 sentenced	nsubj
11	sentenced	sentence	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 players	nummod
13	players	player	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sentenced	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 cheating	case
15	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sentenced	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 sentenced	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 sentenced	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sentence in a quote	past	Zoe	three players				for cheating	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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	cheating				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It was "for having missed their turns" — though nobody took turns at all, and the Queen shouted so loudly that the whole garden heard

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 was	nsubj
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 having	mark
5	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 was	advcl
6	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 turns	amod
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 turns	nmod:poss
8	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 having	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 turns	punct
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	13 took	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 took	mark
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 took	nsubj
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
14	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 took	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 took	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 shouted	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 shouted	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queen	det
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 shouted	nsubj
21	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 took	conj
22	so	so	ADV	_	23 loudly	advmod
23	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	21 shouted	advmod
24	that	that	SCONJ	_	27 garden	mark
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 garden	det
26	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 garden	amod
27	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 shouted	ccomp
28	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 garden	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	It				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have in a quote	gerund		their missed turns			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient
3	miss in a quote	participle					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4	take	past	nobody	turns	all		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent turn=Theme at all=Asset
5	shout speech: express	past	the Queen			loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	hear	participle		the whole garden not said here			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was «for having missed their turns» — though nobody took turns at all

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 missed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 missed	aux
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 missed	punct
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 having	mark
5	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 missed	aux
6	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 turns	nmod:poss
8	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 missed	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 missed	punct
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	13 took	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 took	mark
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 took	nsubj
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 missed	advcl
14	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 took	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss in a quote	past · perfect · progressive · passive		It					tree rules
2	take	past	nobody	turns		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent turn=Theme at all=Asset

Option 3

It was for cheating, though the Queen never checked anyone at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cheating	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cheating	cop
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 cheating	case
4	cheating	cheating	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 checked	punct
6	though	though	SCONJ	_	10 checked	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 checked	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 checked	advmod
10	checked	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cheating	conj
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 checked	obj
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 all	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 checked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					for cheating	tree rules
2	not check	past	the Queen	anyone		all			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme

Option 4

It was "for having missed their turns" — though nobody took turns at all, which the Queen never once bothered to explain to anyone

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 was	nsubj
2	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 was	punct
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 having	mark
5	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 was	advcl
6	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 turns	amod
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 turns	nmod:poss
8	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 having	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 turns	punct
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	13 took	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	13 took	mark
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 took	nsubj
13	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 was	parataxis
14	turns	turn	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 took	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 took	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 bothered	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 bothered	obj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queen	det
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 bothered	nsubj
21	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	23 bothered	advmod
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	23 bothered	advmod
23	bothered	bother	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 took	conj
24	to	to	PART	_	25 explain	mark
25	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 bothered	advcl
26	to	to	ADP	_	27 anyone	case
27	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	25 explain	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	past	It					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have in a quote	gerund		their missed turns				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turn=Patient
3	miss in a quote	participle						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4	take	past	nobody	turns		all		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent turn=Theme at all=Asset
5	not bother	participle	the Queen				once property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer
6	explain speech: assert	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here		anyone			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: agent=Agent to anyone=Recipient

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