Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 1: The Mock Turtle's…

Leo: «she's got mad rizz, the Duchess, Alice loved her chin on her shoulder.» (rizz = charm) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, Leo, you · What happens: get, love, put · To what, where: mad rizz, chin, shoulder, rizz

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Leo: «she's got mad rizz, the Duchess, Alice loved her chin on her shoulder.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 loved	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	aux
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Leo	acl:relcl
7	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 rizz	amod
8	rizz	rizz	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Duchess	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Duchess	det
11	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Leo	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Leo	punct
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 loved	nsubj
14	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 chin	nmod:poss
16	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loved	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 shoulder	case
18	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 shoulder	nmod:poss
19	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 loved	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 loved	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 loved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · passive	she	mad rizz					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rizz=Stimulus
2	love in a quote	past	Leo and the Duchess	Alice's chin		Alice's shoulder			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chin=Stimulus

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: (rizz = charm) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct
2	rizz	rizz	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	obl:unmarked
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 charm	punct
4	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rizz	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 rizz	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Alice didn't like it, but bore it politely so as not to be rude, and she thought about the cheap present all along

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 like	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 like	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bore	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 bore	cc
8	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bore	obj
10	politely	politely	ADV	_	8 bore	advmod
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 rude	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 rude	mark
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 rude	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	16 rude	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 rude	cop
16	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bore	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 thought	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 thought	cc
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 thought	nsubj
20	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	parataxis
21	about	about	ADP	_	24 present	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 present	det
23	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 present	amod
24	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 thought	obl
25	all	all	ADV	_	26 along	advmod
26	along	along	ADV	_	20 thought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	Alice	it		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	bear	past		it	politely property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	not is	to-infinitive			rude property	tree rules
4	think speech: other	past	Alice		about the cheap present; along property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about present=Topic

Option 2

Alice didn't like it, but bore it politely so as not to be rude, though she wished the chin would stop digging into her shoulder

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 like	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 like	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bore	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 bore	cc
8	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bore	obj
10	politely	politely	ADV	_	8 bore	advmod
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 rude	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 rude	mark
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 rude	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	16 rude	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 rude	cop
16	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bore	advcl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 wished	punct
18	though	though	SCONJ	_	20 wished	mark
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 wished	nsubj
20	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	conj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 chin	det
22	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 stop	nsubj
23	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 stop	aux
24	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 wished	ccomp
25	digging	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	24 stop	xcomp
26	into	into	ADP	_	28 shoulder	case
27	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 shoulder	nmod:poss
28	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 digging	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	Alice	it		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	bear	past		it	politely property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	not is	to-infinitive			rude property	tree rules
4	wish	past	Alice			vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	stop	would	the chin			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
6	dig	gerund	the chin not said here		into chin's shoulder	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.patient»: agent=Agent into shoulder=Patient

Option 3

Alice did like it very much, and told the Duchess so at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 like	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 like	aux
3	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 like	obj
5	very	very	ADV	_	6 much	advmod
6	much	much	ADV	_	3 like	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 told	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 told	cc
9	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 like	parataxis
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Duchess	det
11	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 told	iobj
12	so	so	ADV	_	9 told	advmod
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 once	case
14	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	9 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past · do-support	Alice	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	past			the Duchess				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent duchess=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Alice didn't like it, but bore it politely so as not to be rude

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 like	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 like	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bore	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 bore	cc
8	bore	bear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 like	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bore	obj
10	politely	politely	ADV	_	8 bore	advmod
11	so	so	ADV	_	16 rude	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	16 rude	mark
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 rude	advmod
14	to	to	PART	_	16 rude	mark
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 rude	cop
16	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 like	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not like	past · do-support	Alice	it		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	bear	past		it	politely property	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	not is	to-infinitive	Alice not said here		rude property	tree rules

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