Test 6 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

Is it TRUE or FALSE? «Alice tells the Queen honestly that she doesn't like her.»

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, Alice · What happens: be, tell, not like · To what, where: Queen, her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Is it TRUE or FALSE?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 TRUE	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 TRUE	nsubj
3	TRUE	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 FALSE	cc
5	FALSE	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 TRUE	conj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 TRUE	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					true property	tree rules
2	be								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: «Alice tells the Queen honestly that she doesn't like her.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct
2	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tells	obj
6	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	3 tells	advmod
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 like	mark
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 like	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 like	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 like	advmod
11	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tells	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 like	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	present	Alice		the Queen			honestly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient
2	not like in a quote	present · do-support	Alice	her = she					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

False: she twists her words into a compliment once she sees the Queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	False	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 twists	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 twists	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 twists	nsubj
4	twists	twist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 words	nmod:poss
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 twists	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 compliment	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 compliment	det
9	compliment	compliment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 twists	obl
10	once	once	SCONJ	_	12 sees	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sees	nsubj
12	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 twists	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	twist	present	she	her words	a compliment	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent word=Theme into compliment=Trajectory
2	see	present	she	the Queen		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus
3	word		her = she			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

True: she tells the Queen plainly that she doesn't like her at all, and then she runs away from the garden in a huff

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tells	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obj
7	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	4 tells	advmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 like	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 like	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 like	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 like	advmod
12	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tells	ccomp
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 like	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 like	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 runs	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 runs	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 runs	advmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 runs	nsubj
20	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tells	conj
21	away	away	ADV	_	20 runs	advmod
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 garden	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 garden	det
24	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 runs	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 huff	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 huff	det
27	huff	huff	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 runs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	she		the Queen			plainly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient clause=Topic
2	not like	present · do-support	she	her = she		all			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
3	run away	present	she			the garden	then	in a huff; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from garden=Trajectory

Option 3

True: she tells the Queen plainly that she doesn't like her one bit

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tells	advcl
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 True	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obj
7	plainly	plainly	ADV	_	4 tells	advmod
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 like	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 like	nsubj
10	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 like	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 like	advmod
12	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tells	advcl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 bit	nmod:poss
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 bit	nummod
15	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 like	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	she		the Queen			plainly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient
2	not like	present · do-support	she	her one bit					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bit=Theme

Option 4

True: she says it out loud to the Queen, and the Queen smiles and passes on without any reply whatsoever

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	True	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	4 says	compound:prt
7	loud	loud	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 Queen	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 loud	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 smiles	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 smiles	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Queen	det
14	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 smiles	nsubj
15	smiles	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 passes	cc
17	passes	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 smiles	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	17 passes	compound:prt
19	without	without	ADP	_	21 reply	case
20	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	21 reply	det
21	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 passes	obl
22	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	17 passes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say out speech: assert	present	she	it	loud property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	smile	present	the Queen			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	pass on	present	the Queen not said here		without any reply; whatsoever property	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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