Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter VIII, part 2: The Queen's Cro…

What would have happened if the Cat's whole body had appeared before the Duchess came?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole body, Duchess · What happens: happen, appear, come

This is test 8 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 appeared	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Cat	det
7	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 body	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Cat	case
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 body	amod
10	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 appeared	nsubj
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 appeared	aux
12	appeared	appear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	16 came	mark
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Duchess	det
15	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 appeared	advcl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	appear a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	the Cat's whole body	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	past	the Duchess	vn escape-51.1-1 «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

The executioner's argument would be gone, and the Queen's order could be carried out, and the whole game would have ended at once in great confusion and noise

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executioner	det
2	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 argument	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 executioner	case
4	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gone	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 gone	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 gone	aux:pass
7	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 carried	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 carried	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 order	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Queen	case
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carried	nsubj:pass
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 carried	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 carried	aux:pass
16	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 gone	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 carried	compound:prt
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 ended	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 ended	cc
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 game	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 game	amod
22	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ended	nsubj:pass
23	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 ended	aux
24	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	25 ended	aux
25	ended	end	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 gone	conj
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 once	case
27	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	25 ended	obl
28	in	in	ADP	_	30 confusion	case
29	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 confusion	amod
30	confusion	confusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ended	obl
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 noise	cc
32	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 confusion	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go	would · passive		the executioner's argument		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	carry out	could · passive		the Queen's order		vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	end	would · perfect · passive		the whole game	great confusion and noise	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality
4	argue		the executioner			nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	order		the Queen			nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The executioner's argument would be gone, and the Queen's order could be carried out

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executioner	det
2	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 argument	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 executioner	case
4	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gone	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 gone	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 gone	aux:pass
7	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 carried	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 carried	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 order	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Queen	case
13	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 carried	nsubj:pass
14	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 carried	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 carried	aux:pass
16	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 gone	conj
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 carried	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	would · passive		the executioner's argument	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	carry out	could · passive		the Queen's order	vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	argue		the executioner		nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent
4	order		the Queen		nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The Duchess would have sent the Cat straight to the Queen's table

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	5 sent	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sent	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 sent	aux
5	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Cat	det
7	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obj
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	13 table	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 table	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 Queen	case
13	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	would · perfect · passive		the Duchess				to the Queen's table; straight property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination cat=Theme

Option 4

The executioner's argument would be gone, the Queen's order could be carried out, and Alice could finally play croquet in peace with the Cat watching from the hoop

The tree, 30 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 executioner	det
2	executioner	executioner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 argument	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 executioner	case
4	argument	argument	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gone	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 gone	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 gone	aux:pass
7	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 carried	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 order	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Queen	case
12	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 carried	nsubj:pass
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 carried	aux
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 carried	aux:pass
15	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 gone	conj
16	out	out	ADP	_	15 carried	compound:prt
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 play	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 play	cc
19	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 play	nsubj
20	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 play	aux
21	finally	finally	ADV	_	22 play	advmod
22	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 gone	parataxis
23	croquet	croquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 play	obj
24	in	in	ADP	_	25 peace	case
25	peace	peace	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 play	obl
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 Cat	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 Cat	det
28	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 play	obl
29	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	28 Cat	acl
30	from	from	ADP	_	32 hoop	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 hoop	det
32	hoop	hoop	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 watching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	would · passive		the executioner's argument			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	carry out	could · passive		the Queen's order			vn act-114 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	play	could	Alice	croquet	peace	with the Cat; finally property	vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent croquet=Theme with cat=Co-Agent
4	watch	gerund	the Cat not said here		the hoop		vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent
5	argue		the executioner				nom argument «communication transitive»: poss=agent
6	order		the Queen				nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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