Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Noah: «the Gryphon reckons the Queen chops heads off all day, deffo.» (deffo = definitely) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gryphon, Noah, deffo · What happens: reckon, chop, put · To what, where: heads, deffo

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's Story (school under the sea)» 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: Noah: «the Gryphon reckons the Queen chops heads off all day, deffo.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Noah	Noah	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 chops	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 reckons	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 reckons	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Gryphon	det
5	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 reckons	nsubj
6	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 chops	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queen	det
8	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 chops	nsubj
9	chops	chop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 chops	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	13 day	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chops	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 deffo	punct
15	deffo	deffo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 day	conj
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 chops	punct
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 chops	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon in a quote	present	the Gryphon						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	chop in a quote	present	Noah	heads			day		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient

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: (deffo = definitely) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 deffo	punct
2	deffo	deffo	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	6 Put	punct
4	definitely	definitely	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 definitely	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 deffo	acl:relcl
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	_	2 deffo	punct

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

The options

Option 1

The Gryphon says «they never executes nobody» — it's all her fancy, so Alice should go home to bed

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gryphon	det
2	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 executes	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 executes	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 executes	advmod
7	executes	execute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 executes	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 executes	punct
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 fancy	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fancy	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fancy	cop
13	all	all	ADV	_	15 fancy	advmod
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 fancy	nmod:poss
15	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 go	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 go	advmod
18	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 go	nsubj
19	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 go	aux
20	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	parataxis
21	home	home	ADV	_	20 go	advmod
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 bed	case
23	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Gryphon				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not execute in a quote	present	they	nobody			vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Patient
3	is a	present	Gryphon	her fancy		all property	tree rules
4	go	should	Alice		bed	home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location

Option 2

The Gryphon says the Queen really does chop heads off, and it is all true

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gryphon	det
2	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 chop	nsubj
6	really	really	ADV	_	8 chop	advmod
7	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 chop	aux
8	chop	chop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
9	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chop	obj
10	off	off	ADP	_	8 chop	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 true	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 true	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 true	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 true	cop
15	all	all	ADV	_	16 true	advmod
16	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Gryphon			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	chop off	present · do-support	the Queen	heads		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient
3	is	present	Gryphon		all, true property	tree rules

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

The Gryphon says «they never executes nobody» — it's all her fancy

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gryphon	det
2	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 executes	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 executes	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 executes	advmod
7	executes	execute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 executes	obj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 executes	punct
10	—	-	PUNCT	_	15 fancy	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 fancy	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fancy	cop
13	all	all	ADV	_	15 fancy	advmod
14	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 fancy	nmod:poss
15	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Gryphon			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not execute in a quote	present	they	nobody		vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nobody=Patient
3	is a	present	Gryphon	her fancy	all property	tree rules

Option 4

The Gryphon says the Mock Turtle is fancy and they all sing about the heads

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Gryphon	det
2	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Turtle	det
5	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Turtle	compound
6	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 fancy	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fancy	cop
8	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sing	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sing	nsubj
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 sing	advmod
12	sing	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
13	about	about	ADP	_	15 heads	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 heads	det
15	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the Gryphon		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the Mock Turtle	fancy property	tree rules
3	sing speech: express	present	they	about the heads	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about head=Location

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