Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…
The King «got behind Alice as he spoke». What does this show?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King, this · What happens: get behind, speak, show · To what, where: Alice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: The King «got behind Alice as he spoke».
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 | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 6 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 spoke | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spoke | nsubj |
| 9 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | advcl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 spoke | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get behind in a quote | past | the King | Alice | behind property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer alice=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | speak speech: other in a quote | past | King | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: What does this show?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 show | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 show | aux |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 show | nsubj |
| 4 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 show | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · do-support | this | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
He is a bit afraid of the Cat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 afraid | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Cat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Cat | det |
| 8 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | of the Cat; a bit obl:unmarked; afraid property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He is a bit afraid of Alice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 afraid | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Alice | case |
| 7 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | of Alice; a bit obl:unmarked; afraid property | tree rules |
Option 3
He is a bit afraid of the Cat, and he hides behind Alice because he wants to be near the Queen
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 afraid | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Cat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Cat | det |
| 8 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hides | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hides | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hides | nsubj |
| 12 | hides | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 afraid | conj |
| 13 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 14 Alice | case |
| 14 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 hides | obl |
| 15 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 17 wants | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 wants | nsubj |
| 17 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 hides | advcl |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 Queen | mark |
| 19 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 22 Queen | cop |
| 20 | near | near | ADP | _ | 22 Queen | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Queen | det |
| 22 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 wants | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | of the Cat; a bit obl:unmarked; afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hide | present | Cat | Alice | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind alice=Location | ||||
| 3 | want | present | Cat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | is | to-infinitive | near the Queen | tree rules |
Option 4
He is a bit afraid of the Cat, and also of the Queen, who has just shouted at him for being late
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 afraid | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 afraid | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bit | det |
| 4 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Cat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Cat | det |
| 8 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 afraid | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 shouted | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 shouted | cc |
| 11 | also | also | ADV | _ | 19 shouted | advmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Queen | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Queen | det |
| 14 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 shouted | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 shouted | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 shouted | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 shouted | aux |
| 18 | just | just | ADV | _ | 19 shouted | advmod |
| 19 | shouted | shout | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 afraid | parataxis |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 him | case |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 shouted | obl |
| 22 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 24 late | mark |
| 23 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 late | cop |
| 24 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 shouted | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | of the Cat; a bit obl:unmarked; afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present · perfect · passive | of the Queen; at Cat | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is | gerund | late property | tree rules |
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