Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

Finn: «the Duchess was dead mean again, slapping Alice.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Duchess, Finn, you · What happens: be, mean, slap, put · To what, where: Alice, it

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 17 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's Story (the Duchess and her morals)» 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: Finn: «the Duchess was dead mean again, slapping Alice.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mean	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 dead	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 dead	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Duchess	det
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dead	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dead	cop
7	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mean	nsubj
8	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	again	again	ADV	_	8 mean	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 slapping	punct
11	slapping	slap	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 mean	advcl
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 slapping	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 mean	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the Duchess			dead property	tree rules
2	mean in a quote	present	Finn		again		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	slap in a quote	gerund	Finn not said here	Alice			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent alice=Instrument

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: Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	it				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

She was very angry now, calling her «you silly child» and shouting

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 angry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 angry	advmod
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 angry	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 calling	punct
7	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 angry	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 calling	obj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 child	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 child	nsubj
11	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 child	amod
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 calling	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 child	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shouting	cc
15	shouting	shout	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 calling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		now	angry property	tree rules
2	call speech: assert	gerund	She not said here	her = she			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	child in a quote		you				tree rules
4	shout speech: express	gerund	She not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She was very friendly now, calling her «you dear old thing»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 friendly	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 friendly	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 friendly	advmod
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 friendly	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 calling	punct
7	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 friendly	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 calling	obj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 thing	nsubj
11	dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 calling	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		now	friendly property	tree rules
2	call speech: assert	gerund	She not said here	her = she			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
3	thing in a quote		you				tree rules

Option 3

She was very friendly now, calling Alice «my little pig» and sneezing

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 friendly	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 friendly	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 friendly	advmod
4	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 friendly	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 calling	punct
7	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 friendly	advcl
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 calling	obj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 pig	punct
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 pig	nmod:poss
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 pig	amod
12	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 calling	xcomp
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 pig	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sneezing	cc
15	sneezing	sneezing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pig	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She				now	friendly property	tree rules
2	call	gerund	She not said here		Alice				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was very cross now, calling Alice «you silly little thing» at once

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cross	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cross	cop
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 cross	advmod
4	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 cross	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 calling	punct
7	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 cross	advcl
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 calling	obj
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 thing	nsubj
11	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
12	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 calling	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 once	case
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She		now	cross property	tree rules
2	call speech: assert	gerund	She not said here	Alice			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent alice=Theme at once=Stimulus
3	thing in a quote		you				tree rules

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