Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

Looking back: «If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster.» What did Alice try to explain then?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: world, everybody, Alice · What happens: look back, mind, go, try, explain · To what, where: own business, deal

This is test 13 · ★★ 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: Looking back: «If everybody minded their own business, the world would go round a deal faster.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 go	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 minded	punct
5	If	if	SCONJ	_	7 minded	mark
6	everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 minded	nsubj
7	minded	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	conj
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 business	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 business	amod
10	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 minded	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 world	det
13	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	nsubj
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 go	aux
15	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	round	round	ADP	_	18 deal	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 deal	det
18	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 go	obl
19	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 go	advmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 go	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the world not said here				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	mind a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	past	everybody	their own business			vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme
3	go in a quote	would	the world		a deal	fast property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round deal=Initial_Location

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 did Alice try to explain then?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 try	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 try	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 try	nsubj
4	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 explain	mark
6	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 try	xcomp
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 explain	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past · do-support	Alice						tree rules
2	explain speech: assert not said to happen	to-infinitive	Alice not said here				then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

That the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis, and that people mind their business all day long

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 earth	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 earth	det
3	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 four	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 twenty	punct
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hours	nummod
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 takes	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 turn	mark
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 takes	advcl
11	round	round	ADV	_	10 turn	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 axis	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 axis	nmod:poss
14	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 mind	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 mind	cc
17	that	that	SCONJ	_	19 mind	mark
18	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 mind	nsubj
19	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 takes	conj
20	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 business	nmod:poss
21	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mind	obj
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 day	det
23	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 mind	obl:unmarked
24	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 mind	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	that earth			hour		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	turn round	to-infinitive	that earth not said here		earth's axis		round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on axis=Trajectory
3	mind	present	people	people's business		day	long property	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Theme

Option 2

That the earth is round and turns about the sun

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 earth	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 earth	det
3	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 round	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 round	cop
5	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 turns	cc
7	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 round	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 sun	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that earth					round property	tree rules
2	turn	present	that earth not said here					about the sun	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme about sun=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

That the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 earth	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 earth	det
3	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 four	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 twenty	punct
7	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 hours	nummod
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 takes	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 turn	mark
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 takes	advcl
11	round	round	ADV	_	10 turn	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 axis	case
13	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 axis	nmod:poss
14	axis	axis	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	that earth				hour		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	turn round	to-infinitive	that earth not said here			earth's axis		round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on axis=Trajectory

Option 4

That the sun takes a year to go round the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 sun	det
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sun	det
3	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	nsubj
4	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 takes	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 takes	advcl
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 earth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 earth	det
11	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	that sun				year		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	go	to-infinitive	that sun not said here			the earth			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round earth=Initial_Location

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