Test 6 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

The Duchess agrees mustard is a mineral, then agrees it is a vegetable. What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Duchess, mustard, this · What happens: agree, be, show · To what, where: mineral, vegetable · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: The Duchess agrees mustard is a mineral, then agrees it is a vegetable.

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	3 agrees	nsubj
3	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mineral	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mineral	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mineral	det
7	mineral	mineral	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 agrees	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 agrees	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 agrees	advmod
10	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 agrees	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 vegetable	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 vegetable	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 vegetable	det
14	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 agrees	ccomp
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 agrees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	the Duchess			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	mustard	a mineral		tree rules
3	agree speech: agree	present			then	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	present	mustard	a vegetable		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: What does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking at all, which shows she is simply a silly woman with no real opinions

The tree, 22 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 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 whatever	case
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 agrees	obl
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 whatever	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thinking	punct
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 thinking	mark
9	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 agrees	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 thinking	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 shows	punct
13	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 shows	nsubj
14	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thinking	parataxis
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 woman	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 woman	cop
17	simply	simply	ADV	_	20 woman	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 woman	det
19	silly	silly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 woman	amod
20	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 shows	ccomp
21	with	with	ADP	_	24 opinions	case
22	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	24 opinions	det
23	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 opinions	amod
24	opinions	opinion	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 woman	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	She			with whatever	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with whatever=Co-Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Alice				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	gerund	She not said here		all		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	show	present					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	Alice	a silly woman		with no real opinions; simply property	tree rules

Option 2

She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking, and so changes her mind about mustard each time the Queen calls

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 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	SCONJ	_	6 says	mark
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 says	obj
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 agrees	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thinking	punct
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 thinking	mark
9	thinking	think	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 says	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 changes	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 changes	cc
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 changes	advmod
13	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 agrees	parataxis
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mind	nmod:poss
15	mind	mind	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 changes	obj
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 mustard	case
17	mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 changes	obl
18	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	19 time	det
19	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 changes	obl:unmarked
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Queen	det
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 calls	nsubj
22	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	She				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Alice	whatever			tree rules
3	think speech: other	gerund					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	change	present		Alice's mind	time	about mustard	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
5	call	present	the Queen	each time not said here			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent time=Recipient
6	mind		Alice				nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She knows mustard is a vegetable and a mineral both

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 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	mustard	mustard	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vegetable	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 vegetable	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 vegetable	det
6	vegetable	vegetable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knows	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 both	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 both	det
9	mineral	mineral	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 both	compound
10	both	both	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vegetable	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	She						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	present	mustard	a vegetable and a mineral both					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She agrees with whatever Alice says, without thinking

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 agrees	nsubj
2	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 whatever	case
4	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 agrees	obl
5	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 whatever	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 thinking	punct
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 thinking	mark
9	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 agrees	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	present	She	with whatever	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with whatever=Co-Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	Alice		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	gerund	She not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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