Test 4 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

Ollie: «the Duchess said take care of the pence and the pounds sort themselves.» Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, pounds, you · What happens: say, take, sort, put · To what, where: care, pounds · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Ollie: «the Duchess said take care of the pence and the pounds sort themselves.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ollie	Ollie	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Ollie	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Duchess	det
5	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 said	ccomp
8	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 pence	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pence	det
11	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 take	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sort	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 pounds	det
14	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sort	nsubj
15	sort	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 take	conj
16	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 sort	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 take	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	Ollie			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take in a quote	infinitive		care	of the pence	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of pence=Initial_Location
3	sort in a quote	present	the pounds	pounds = pound		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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.

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	care				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

She said «Take care of the pounds and the pence will look after themselves» as a warning

The tree, 17 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Take	punct
4	Take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Take	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 pounds	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pounds	det
8	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 Take	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 look	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 pence	det
11	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 look	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 look	aux
13	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 Take	conj
14	after	after	ADP	_	15 themselves	case
15	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	13 look	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Take	punct
17	as	as	ADP	_	19 warning	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 warning	det
19	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She			as a warning	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take in a quote	infinitive		care		of the pounds	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of pound=Initial_Location
3	look in a quote	future	the pence		after pounds = pound		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She said «Take care of the sense, and the sounds will take care of themselves» — a joke on that saying

The tree, 20 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Take	punct
4	Take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
5	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Take	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 sense	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sense	det
8	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Take	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 take	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 take	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sounds	det
12	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 take	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 take	aux
14	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
15	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 take	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 themselves	case
17	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 take	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 take	punct
19	—	-	PUNCT	_	21 joke	punct
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 joke	det
21	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	conj
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 saying	case
23	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	24 saying	det
24	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take in a quote	infinitive		care	of the sense	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of sense=Initial_Location
3	take in a quote	future	the sounds	care	of sounds = sound	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of themselves=Initial_Location

Option 3

She said «Mind the sense, and the sounds will mind themselves», an old saying

The tree, 14 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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 Mind	punct
4	Mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sense	det
6	sense	sense	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Mind	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mind	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mind	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sounds	det
10	sounds	sound	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 mind	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 mind	aux
12	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 Mind	advcl
13	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 mind	obj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 Mind	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 saying	punct
16	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 saying	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 saying	amod
18	saying	saying	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mind in a quote	infinitive		the sense	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sense=Theme
3	mind in a quote	future	the sounds	sounds = sound	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She said take care of the pence

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
4	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pence	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pence	det
7	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take	infinitive		care				of the pence	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of pence=Initial_Location

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