Test 19 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…
★★★ Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, Derision. Which real word does «Distraction» hide, and what letters change?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: real word, Distraction, letters · What happens: do, hide, change
This is test 19 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, Derision.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Ambition | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Ambition | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Ambition | compound |
| 4 | Ambition | ambition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Distraction | punct |
| 6 | Distraction | distraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Ambition | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Uglification | punct |
| 8 | Uglification | uglification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Ambition | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Derision | punct |
| 10 | Derision | derision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Ambition | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ambition | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Which real word does «Distraction» hide, and what letters change?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 does | obj |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 word | amod |
| 3 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 does | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hide | advcl |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 Distraction | punct |
| 6 | Distraction | distraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hide | nsubj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 Distraction | punct |
| 8 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 change | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 change | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 change | obj |
| 12 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 change | nsubj |
| 13 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hide | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 hide | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | real word | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | hide | present | Distraction | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | change | present | letters | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Dis only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Dis | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Sub for Dis
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sub | sub | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 Dis | case |
| 3 | Dis | Dis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Sub | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Subtraction: «Sub» becomes «Dis»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subtraction | subtraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 becomes | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sub | punct |
| 4 | Sub | sub | ADV | _ | 6 becomes | nsubj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Sub | punct |
| 6 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Subtraction | appos |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Dis | punct |
| 8 | Dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 becomes | xcomp |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 Dis | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | Dis | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Addition: «Ad» becomes «Dis»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addition | addition | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 becomes | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ad | punct |
| 4 | Ad | ad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 becomes | nsubj |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 Ad | punct |
| 6 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Addition | appos |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 Dis | punct |
| 8 | Dis | dis | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 becomes | xcomp |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 Dis | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | Ad | Dis | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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