Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Looking back: at the tea-party, when Alice asked what happens when they «come to the beginning again», what happened?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice, they, tea party · What happens: look back, ask, happen, come · To what, where: beginning · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 party	punct
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 party	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 party	det
6	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 party	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 tea	punct
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 asked	punct
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 asked	advmod
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 asked	nsubj
12	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 party	parataxis
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 happens	nsubj
14	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 asked	ccomp
15	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	18 come	advmod
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 come	nsubj
17	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 come	punct
18	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 happens	xcomp
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 beginning	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 beginning	det
21	beginning	beginning	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 come	obl
22	again	again	ADV	_	18 come	advmod
23	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 happens	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 happened	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 happened	nsubj
26	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 party	conj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			at the tea party	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at party=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	Alice			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	happen	present				tree rules
4	come in a quote	infinitive	they	to the beginning; again		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to beginning=Initial_Location
5	happen	past	the tea party			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

The Hatter asked Alice a riddle about the Queen and the tea was cold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Hatter	det
2	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asked	nsubj
3	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 asked	iobj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 riddle	det
6	riddle	riddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asked	obj
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 Queen	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 riddle	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 cold	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tea	det
12	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cold	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 cold	cop
14	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 asked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the Hatter	a riddle	Alice			about the Queen	tree rules
2	is	past	the tea					cold property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The March Hare changed the subject, the Dormouse fell asleep, and the Hatter asked Alice to stop asking riddles

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	3 Hare	det
2	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Hare	compound
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 subject	det
6	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fell	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Dormouse	det
9	Dormouse	Dormouse	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 fell	nsubj
10	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	conj
11	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fell	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 asked	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 asked	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Hatter	det
15	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 asked	nsubj
16	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	conj
17	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 asked	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 stop	mark
19	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 asked	xcomp
20	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 stop	xcomp
21	riddles	riddle	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 asking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	change	past	the March Hare	the subject			vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	fall	past	the Dormouse			asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	past	the Hatter		Alice		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient clause=Topic
4	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Hatter not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
5	ask speech: ask	gerund	the Hatter not said here	riddles			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent riddle=Recipient

Option 3

The March Hare changed the subject and the Hatter pushed Alice out of the garden into the very large wood beyond

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Hare	det
2	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Hare	compound
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 subject	det
6	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pushed	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Hatter	det
9	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pushed	nsubj
10	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	conj
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pushed	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	15 garden	case
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 garden	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 garden	det
15	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pushed	obl
16	into	into	ADP	_	20 wood	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 wood	det
18	very	very	ADV	_	19 large	advmod
19	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 wood	amod
20	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pushed	obl
21	beyond	beyond	ADV	_	10 pushed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	the March Hare	the subject					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	push	past	the Hatter	Alice		the garden		into the large wood; beyond property	vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent alice=Theme out garden=Initial_Location into wood=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The March Hare changed the subject — just as the Gryphon does about the twelfth day

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	3 Hare	det
2	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Hare	compound
3	Hare	Hare	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 changed	nsubj
4	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 subject	det
6	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 changed	obj
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	12 does	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	12 does	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 does	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Gryphon	det
11	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 does	nsubj
12	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 changed	conj
13	about	about	ADP	_	16 day	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 day	det
15	twelfth	twelfth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 day	amod
16	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 does	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	past	the March Hare	the subject					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
2	do	present	the Gryphon				day		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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