Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…
Why can the soldiers not stay as arches?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: soldiers · What happens: not stay
This is test 2 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 stay | advmod |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stay | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 soldiers | det |
| 4 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stay | nsubj |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 stay | advmod |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 arches | case |
| 8 | arches | arch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stay | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stay | can | the soldiers | as arches | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | xcomp |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 get | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 take | cc |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 people | det |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 take | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sentences | det |
| 11 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 sentences | compound |
| 12 | sentences | sentence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 people | nmod |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 custody | case |
| 14 | custody | custody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get up | to-infinitive | They not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | They not said here | the people the Queen sentences | custody | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into custody=Destination |
Option 2
They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody, and then carry them off to the prison down by the palace
The tree, 26 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | xcomp |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 get | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 take | cc |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 people | det |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 take | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sentences | det |
| 11 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 sentences | compound |
| 12 | sentences | sentence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 people | nmod |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 custody | case |
| 14 | custody | custody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 carry | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 carry | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 carry | advmod |
| 18 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 have | parataxis |
| 19 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 carry | obj |
| 20 | off | off | ADP | _ | 18 carry | compound:prt |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 prison | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 prison | det |
| 23 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 carry | obl |
| 24 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 carry | compound:prt |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 palace | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 palace | det |
| 27 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get up | to-infinitive | They not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | They not said here | the people the Queen sentences | custody | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into custody=Destination | |||
| 4 | carry off | infinitive | people | the prison | then | by the palace | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to prison=Destination |
Option 3
They have to stand guard over the gate of the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stand | mark |
| 4 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | xcomp |
| 5 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stand | obj |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 gate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gate | det |
| 8 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stand | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 palace | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 palace | det |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gate | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stand | to-infinitive | They not said here | guard | the gate of the palace | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent guard=Theme over gate=Destination |
Option 4
They have to get up and take the people the Queen sentences into custody, which means they cannot stay as arches for the whole game
The tree, 26 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | xcomp |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 get | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 take | cc |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 people | det |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 take | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sentences | det |
| 11 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 sentences | compound |
| 12 | sentences | sentence | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 people | nmod |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 14 custody | case |
| 14 | custody | custody | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 means | nsubj |
| 17 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 custody | acl:relcl |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 stay | nsubj |
| 19 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 stay | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 stay | advmod |
| 21 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 means | ccomp |
| 22 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 arches | case |
| 23 | arches | arch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 stay | obl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 game | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 game | det |
| 26 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 game | amod |
| 27 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | They | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get up | to-infinitive | They not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | They not said here | the people the Queen sentences | custody | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent people=Theme into custody=Destination | |||
| 4 | mean | present | custody | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | not stay | can | people | as arches; for the whole game | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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