Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Looking back: in chapter II, Alice tested herself with sums. What did she say?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, test, say · To what, where: Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter II, Alice tested herself with sums.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tested	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 tested	nsubj
9	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 tested	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 sums	case
12	sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tested	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 tested	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	test	past	Alice	Alice				with sums	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=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.

Sentence 2: What did she say?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	Alice						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

«Four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen, and four times seven is fourteen, and so on»

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 twelve	punct
2	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nummod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 twelve	nsubj
4	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 twelve	compound
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 twelve	cop
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thirteen	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 thirteen	cc
9	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 times	nummod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 thirteen	nsubj
11	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 thirteen	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thirteen	cop
13	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 twelve	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fourteen	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 fourteen	cc
16	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 times	nummod
17	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fourteen	nsubj
18	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 fourteen	compound
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 fourteen	cop
20	fourteen	fourteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 twelve	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 on	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 on	cc
23	so	so	ADV	_	24 on	advmod
24	on	on	ADV	_	20 fourteen	conj
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	24 on	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Four times	five twelve	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	four times	thirteen	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	four times	seven fourteen	tree rules

Option 2

«Four times five is twenty and two plus two is five»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 times	punct
2	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nummod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 twenty	compound
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 twenty	cop
6	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 five	cc
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 five	nsubj
9	plus	plus	CCONJ	_	10 two	cc
10	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 two	conj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 five	cop
12	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 twenty	conj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 times	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		five twenty					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	two	five					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

«Four times five is twelve, and four times six is thirteen»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 twelve	punct
2	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nummod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 twelve	nsubj
4	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 twelve	compound
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 twelve	cop
6	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thirteen	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 thirteen	cc
9	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 times	nummod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 thirteen	nsubj
11	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 thirteen	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 thirteen	cop
13	thirteen	thirteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 twelve	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 twelve	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Four times	five twelve					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	four times	thirteen					tree rules

Option 4

«Three times four is nine, and five times five is twenty»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 nine	punct
2	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 times	nummod
3	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 nine	nsubj
4	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 nine	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 nine	cop
6	nine	nine	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 twenty	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 twenty	cc
9	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 times	nummod
10	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 twenty	nsubj
11	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 twenty	compound
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 twenty	cop
13	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 nine	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 nine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	Three times	nine					tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	five times	five twenty					tree rules

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