Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

Why might the Mock Turtle be so sad, from what he says first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mock Turtle, he · What happens: be, say · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 sad	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sad	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Turtle	det
4	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Turtle	compound
5	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sad	nsubj
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 sad	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 sad	advmod
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
10	from	from	ADP	_	11 what	case
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 says	obj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 says	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	might	the Mock Turtle					sad property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	he					first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was once a real Turtle and now is only a «mock» one

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Turtle	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Turtle	cop
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 Turtle	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Turtle	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Turtle	amod
6	Turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mock	cc
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 mock	advmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 mock	cop
10	only	only	ADV	_	13 mock	advmod
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 mock	det
12	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 mock	punct
13	mock	mock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Turtle	conj
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 mock	punct
15	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 mock	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a real Turtle and a mock				once property	tree rules
2	is a in a quote	present	He not said here	a mock			now		tree rules

Option 2

He wanted to be a real turtle but could not swim fast enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	7 turtle	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 turtle	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 turtle	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 turtle	amod
7	turtle	turtle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	advcl
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 swim	cc
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 swim	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 swim	advmod
11	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	conj
12	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 swim	advmod
13	enough	enough	ADV	_	11 swim	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	He			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	to-infinitive	He not said here	a real turtle		tree rules
3	not swim	could	He not said here		enough, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

He used to swim in the sea with his friends every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 swim	mark
4	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 used	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swim	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 friends	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 friends	nmod:poss
10	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 swim	obl
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swim	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	He						vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	swim	to-infinitive	He not said here			the sea	day	with his friends	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Trajectory

Option 4

He lost a friend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	a friend					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality

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