Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Jack, chur (thanks): «so why'd the Turtle and the Gryphon hide their faces in their paws?» What's the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Turtle, best answer · What happens: hide, be · To what, where: faces, paws

This is test 10 · ★★ 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: Jack, chur (thanks): «so why'd the Turtle and the Gryphon hide their faces in their paws?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 chur	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Jack	punct
3	chur	chur	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 thanks	punct
5	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chur	appos
6	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 thanks	punct
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	17 hide	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	17 hide	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	17 hide	advmod
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	17 hide	advmod
11	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	13 Turtle	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Turtle	det
13	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 hide	nsubj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 Gryphon	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Gryphon	det
16	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Turtle	conj
17	hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 chur	parataxis
18	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 faces	nmod:poss
19	faces	face	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 hide	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 paws	case
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 paws	nmod:poss
22	paws	paw	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 hide	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 chur	punct
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 chur	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide in a quote	present	the Turtle and the Gryphon	Turtle's faces		Turtle's paws			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Patient in paw=Location

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's the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They were sad remembering «Laughing and Grief» and their old master, who had been sent to the Queen's garden

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sad	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	remembering	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sad	xcomp
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Laughing	punct
6	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 remembering	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Grief	cc
8	Grief	Grief	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Laughing	obl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Grief	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 master	cc
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod:poss
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 master	amod
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Grief	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 sent	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 sent	nsubj:pass
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 sent	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 sent	aux:pass
18	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 master	acl:relcl
19	to	to	ADP	_	23 garden	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Queen	det
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 garden	nmod:poss
22	's	's	PART	_	21 Queen	case
23	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	They			sad property	tree rules
2	remember	gerund	They not said here				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	laugh in a quote	gerund	They not said here	Grief and Grief's old master			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	send	past · perfect · passive		Grief's old master	the Queen's garden		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to garden=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

They were sad remembering «Laughing and Grief» and their old master

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sad	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	remembering	remember	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 sad	advcl
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Laughing	punct
6	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 remembering	ccomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Grief	cc
8	Grief	Grief	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Laughing	conj
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 Laughing	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 master	cc
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod:poss
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 master	amod
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	They	sad property	tree rules
2	remember	gerund	They not said here		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	laugh in a quote	gerund			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They were sad remembering «Laughing and Grief» and their old master, the Classics teacher, who was an old crab

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sad	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sad	cop
3	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	remembering	remember	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sad	xcomp
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Laughing	punct
6	Laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 remembering	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 Grief	cc
8	Grief	Grief	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Laughing	obl
9	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Grief	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 master	cc
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 master	nmod:poss
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 master	amod
13	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Grief	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 teacher	punct
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 teacher	det
16	Classics	Classic	PROPN	Number=Plur	17 teacher	compound
17	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 Grief	appos
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 crab	punct
19	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 crab	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 crab	cop
21	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 crab	det
22	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 crab	amod
23	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 teacher	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	They		sad property	tree rules
2	remember	gerund	They not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	laugh in a quote	gerund	They not said here	Grief and Grief's old master		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	the Classics teacher and a old crab	a old crab		tree rules

Option 4

They were sorry the Queen had heard their names and tales today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sorry	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sorry	cop
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 heard	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 heard	aux
7	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 sorry	parataxis
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 names	nmod:poss
9	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heard	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tales	cc
11	tales	tale	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 names	conj
12	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 heard	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They			sorry property	tree rules
2	hear	past · perfect	the Queen	their names and tales	today		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	name		their = they				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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