Test 14 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…
Looking back: Alice says «you make one quite giddy» to the Cat in chapter VI. Who says «You make me giddy» in this chapter, and to whom?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, you · What happens: look back, say, make · To what, where: one, me, chapter · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 14 · ★★ 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: Looking back: Alice says «you make one quite giddy» to the Cat in chapter VI.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 says | advcl |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| 4 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 make | nsubj |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 make | obj |
| 10 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 11 giddy | advmod |
| 11 | giddy | giddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 make | xcomp |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 make | punct |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 Cat | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Cat | det |
| 15 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 make | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 chapter | case |
| 17 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 Cat | nmod |
| 18 | VI | VI | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 17 chapter | flat |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | Alice not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Alice | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | make in a quote | present | you | one | to the Cat in chapter; giddy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Product |
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: Who says «You make me giddy» in this chapter, and to whom?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| 4 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 make | nsubj |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | giddy | giddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 make | xcomp |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 make | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 chapter | case |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 chapter | det |
| 11 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 whom | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 whom | cc |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 whom | case |
| 15 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 make | xcomp |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | You | me | this chapter | giddy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The Queen, to the gardeners who keep bowing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 gardeners | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 gardeners | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gardeners | det |
| 6 | gardeners | gardener | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Queen | appos |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 keep | nsubj |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gardeners | acl:relcl |
| 9 | bowing | bow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | the gardeners | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | bow | gerund | the gardeners not said here | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The Duchess, to Alice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Duchess | det |
| 2 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Alice | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 Alice | case |
| 5 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Duchess | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The Queen, to the soldiers who keep fainting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 soldiers | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 soldiers | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 soldiers | det |
| 6 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Queen | parataxis |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 keep | nsubj |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 soldiers | acl:relcl |
| 9 | fainting | faint | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | the soldiers | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | faint | gerund | the soldiers not said here | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
The King, to the Duchess and the cook
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Duchess | punct |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Duchess | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Duchess | det |
| 6 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | appos |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cook | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cook | det |
| 9 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 King | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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