Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…
Looking back: in chapter VIII the Duchess was in prison. Why, according to the White Rabbit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Duchess · What happens: look back, be, accord · To what, where: prison
This is test 15 · ★★ 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: in chapter VIII the Duchess was in prison.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Looking | advmod |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 prison | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapter | case |
| 5 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 prison | obl |
| 6 | VIII | VIII | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Duchess | det |
| 8 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 prison | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 prison | cop |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 prison | case |
| 11 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Looking | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Looking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look back | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | the Duchess | prison | in chapter | 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: Why, according to the White Rabbit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Rabbit | punct |
| 3 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 Rabbit | case |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 according | fixed |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rabbit | det |
| 6 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Rabbit | amod |
| 7 | Rabbit | Rabbit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | vocative |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She sneezed at the Queen
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 | 2 sneezed | nsubj |
| 2 | sneezed | sneeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 sneezed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneeze | past | She | at the Queen | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She boxed the Queen's ears, and the Queen had her put into prison by the King at once
The tree, 19 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 | 2 boxed | nsubj |
| 2 | boxed | box | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ears | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Queen | case |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 boxed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 had | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 had | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Queen | det |
| 10 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 had | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 boxed | conj |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 King | nmod:poss |
| 13 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 King | compound |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 prison | case |
| 15 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 put | obl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 King | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 King | det |
| 18 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 had | obj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 once | case |
| 20 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 11 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | box | past | She | the Queen's ears | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | have | past | the Queen | Queen's put King | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient | ||||
| 3 | put | participle | prison | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She boxed the Queen's ears
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 | 2 boxed | nsubj |
| 2 | boxed | box | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ears | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Queen | case |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 boxed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | box | past | She | the Queen's ears | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent |
Option 4
She boxed the Queen's ears for being rude to the baby and the pig in the garden
The tree, 18 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 | 2 boxed | nsubj |
| 2 | boxed | box | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ears | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Queen | case |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 boxed | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 rude | case |
| 8 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 rude | cop |
| 9 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 boxed | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 baby | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 baby | det |
| 12 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boxed | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 pig | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 pig | det |
| 15 | pig | pig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 baby | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 garden | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 garden | det |
| 18 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boxed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | box | past | She | the Queen's ears | the garden | to the baby and the pig | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Theme in garden=Destination | ||
| 2 | is | gerund | rude property | tree rules |
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