Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Looking back: in chapter I, Alice used «Latitude» and «Longitude». Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, use · To what, where: Latitude

This is test 16 · ★★ 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 I, Alice used «Latitude» and «Longitude».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 used	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	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 chapter	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 Latitude	punct
11	Latitude	latitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obj
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 Latitude	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 Longitude	cc
14	«	«	PUNCT	_	15 Longitude	punct
15	Longitude	longitude	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Latitude	conj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 Latitude	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 used	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	use	past	Alice	Latitude and Longitude					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent latitude=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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

She had no idea what they meant, but thought they were nice grand words

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 had	obj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 meant	nsubj
7	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 words	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 words	cop
13	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 words	amod
14	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 words	amod
15	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	She	no idea	tree rules
2	mean	past	they		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	past	She not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	they	nice grand words	tree rules

Option 2

She had no idea what they meant, but thought they were nice grand words, and she wanted to use them in the Queen's garden

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 idea	det
4	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 had	obj
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 meant	nsubj
7	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 what	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 thought	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 words	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 words	cop
13	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 words	amod
14	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 words	amod
15	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 thought	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 wanted	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 wanted	cc
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 wanted	nsubj
19	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	parataxis
20	to	to	PART	_	21 use	mark
21	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 wanted	xcomp
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 use	obj
23	in	in	ADP	_	27 garden	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Queen	det
25	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 garden	nmod:poss
26	's	's	PART	_	25 Queen	case
27	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	have	past	She	no idea		tree rules
2	mean	past	they			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	think speech: other	past	She not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	they	nice grand words		tree rules
5	want	past	she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
6	use not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	words = word	the Queen's garden	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

She had heard them from the Gryphon and thought they were sea words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	aux
3	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 Gryphon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Gryphon	det
7	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 thought	cc
9	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	conj
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 words	nsubj
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 words	cop
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 words	compound
13	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	She	them = they	the Gryphon	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent they=Topic from gryphon=Source
2	think speech: other	past	She not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	they	sea words		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She was copying them from her French book and thought they were nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 copying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 copying	aux
3	copying	copy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 copying	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 book	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 book	nmod:poss
7	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 book	amod
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 copying	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thought	cc
10	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 copying	conj
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 nice	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 nice	cop
13	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	copy	past · progressive	She	them = they	her French book		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	think speech: other	past	She not said here				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	they			nice property	tree rules

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