Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

Looking back: the Cat told Alice in chapter VI «we're all mad here». Which event in this part fits that best?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Cat, we, event · What happens: look back, tell, be, fit · To what, where: Alice, chapter · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★ 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: the Cat told Alice in chapter VI «we're all mad here».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 told	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Cat	det
5	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 told	iobj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 chapter	case
9	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl
10	VI	VI	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	9 chapter	flat
11	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 mad	punct
12	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 mad	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 mad	cop
14	all	all	ADV	_	15 mad	advmod
15	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 told	parataxis
16	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 mad	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 mad	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Cat not said here				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	tell speech: assert	past	the Cat	Alice	chapter		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient clause=Topic
3	is in a quote	present	we		here	all, mad property	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: Which event in this part fits that best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 event	det
2	event	event	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fits	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 part	case
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 part	det
5	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 event	nmod
6	fits	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 best	nsubj
8	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 fits	parataxis
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 fits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fit	present	which event in this part						vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Drinking tea with the March Hare at the table

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drinking	drink	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drinking	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 Hare	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Hare	det
5	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Hare	compound
6	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Drinking	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 table	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 table	det
9	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Drinking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drink	gerund		tea		the table		with the March Hare	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tea=Patient

Option 2

Croquet with live hedgehogs and flamingoes and walking arches, with everyone quarrelling and nobody taking a turn at all

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 hedgehogs	case
3	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hedgehogs	amod
4	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Croquet	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flamingoes	cc
6	flamingoes	flamingoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hedgehogs	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 arches	cc
8	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arches	compound
9	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hedgehogs	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 quarrelling	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 quarrelling	case
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 quarrelling	compound
13	quarrelling	quarrelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Croquet	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 taking	cc
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 taking	nsubj
16	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 quarrelling	conj
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 turn	det
18	turn	turn	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 taking	obj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 taking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	gerund	nobody	a turn		all			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent turn=Theme at all=Asset

Option 3

Croquet with live hedgehogs and flamingoes and walking arches, while the Queen shouts and the soldiers fall over

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shouts	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 hedgehogs	case
3	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hedgehogs	amod
4	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Croquet	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flamingoes	cc
6	flamingoes	flamingoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hedgehogs	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 arches	cc
8	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arches	compound
9	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hedgehogs	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shouts	punct
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 shouts	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Queen	det
13	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 shouts	nsubj
14	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fall	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 soldiers	det
17	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fall	nsubj
18	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 shouts	conj
19	over	over	ADV	_	18 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	present	Croquet with live hedgehogs and flamingoes and walking arches						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fall over	present	the soldiers					over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Croquet with live hedgehogs and flamingoes and walking arches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 hedgehogs	case
3	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 hedgehogs	amod
4	hedgehogs	hedgehog	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Croquet	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flamingoes	cc
6	flamingoes	flamingoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hedgehogs	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 arches	cc
8	walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 arches	compound
9	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hedgehogs	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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