Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's… «Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «I never said I didn't!» «You did.» Why is this unfair to Alice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, you, I, this · What happens: go, not believe, not say, not do, do, be · To what, where: sea, Alice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: «Yes, we went to school in the sea, though you mayn't believe it—» «I never said I didn't!»
punct discourse punct nsubj case obl case det obl punct mark nsubj aux advmod advcl obj punct punct punct nsubj advmod conj nsubj ccomp advmod punct punct root « PUNCT Yes INTJ , PUNCT we PRON went VERB to ADP school NOUN in ADP the DET sea NOUN , PUNCT though SCONJ you PRON may AUX n't PART believe VERB it PRON — PUNCT » PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON never ADV said VERB I PRON did VERB n't PART ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 went punct 2 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 5 went discourse 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Yes punct 4 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 went nsubj 5 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 to to ADP _ 7 school case 7 school school NOUN Number=Sing 5 went obl 8 in in ADP _ 10 sea case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 sea det 10 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 5 went obl 11 , , PUNCT _ 16 believe punct 12 though though SCONJ _ 16 believe mark 13 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 16 believe nsubj 14 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 believe aux 15 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 16 believe advmod 16 believe believe VERB VerbForm=Inf 5 went advcl 17 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 believe obj 18 — - PUNCT _ 5 went punct 19 » » PUNCT _ 5 went punct 20 « « PUNCT _ 23 said punct 21 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 23 said nsubj 22 never never ADV PronType=Neg 23 said advmod 23 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 went conj 24 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 25 did nsubj 25 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 23 said ccomp 26 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 25 did advmod 27 ! ! PUNCT _ 5 went punct 28 » » PUNCT _ 5 went punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go in a quote past we the sea to school vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location 2 not believe in a quote may you sea vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus 3 not say speech: express in a quote past I vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 4 not do in a quote past I vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: «You did.»
punct nsubj punct punct root « PUNCT You PRON did VERB . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 did punct 2 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 did nsubj 3 did do VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 did punct 5 » » PUNCT _ 3 did punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do in a quote past You vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why is this unfair to Alice?
advmod cop nsubj case obl punct root Why ADV is AUX this PRON unfair ADJ to ADP Alice PROPN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 unfair advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 unfair cop 3 this this PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 4 unfair nsubj 4 unfair unfair ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 to to ADP _ 6 Alice case 6 Alice Alice PROPN Number=Sing 4 unfair obl 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 unfair punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present this Alice unfair property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice She had not said anything of the kind, so the Mock Turtle should apologise to her and the Gryphon should explain why she is wrong about everything
The tree, 27 words nsubj aux advmod obj mark det acl punct advmod det compound nsubj aux parataxis case obl cc det nsubj aux conj advmod nsubj cop ccomp case obl root She PRON had AUX not PART said VERB anything PRON of SCONJ the DET kind ADJ , PUNCT so ADV the DET Mock PROPN Turtle PROPN should AUX apologise VERB to ADP her PRON and CCONJ the DET Gryphon PROPN should AUX explain VERB why ADV she PRON is AUX wrong ADJ about ADP everything PRON 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 4 said nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 said aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 said advmod 4 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 said obj 6 of of SCONJ _ 8 kind mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 kind det 8 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 5 anything acl 9 , , PUNCT _ 15 apologise punct 10 so so ADV _ 15 apologise advmod 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 Turtle det 12 Mock Mock PROPN Number=Sing 13 Turtle compound 13 Turtle Turtle PROPN Number=Sing 15 apologise nsubj 14 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 apologise aux 15 apologise apologise VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 said parataxis 16 to to ADP _ 17 her case 17 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 15 apologise obl 18 and and CCONJ _ 22 explain cc 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 Gryphon det 20 Gryphon Gryphon PROPN Number=Sing 22 explain nsubj 21 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 22 explain aux 22 explain explain VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 apologise conj 23 why why ADV PronType=Int 26 wrong advmod 24 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 26 wrong nsubj 25 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 26 wrong cop 26 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos 22 explain ccomp 27 about about ADP _ 28 everything case 28 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 26 wrong obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert past · perfect She anything vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic 2 apologise speech: apologize should the Mock Turtle her = she tree rules 3 explain speech: assert should the Gryphon vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 is present Gryphon about everything; wrong property tree rules
Option 2 She had not said anything of the kind, but they insist she did, and then they tell her to hold her tongue and stop
The tree, 24 words nsubj aux advmod obj mark det acl punct cc nsubj conj nsubj ccomp punct cc advmod nsubj conj iobj mark xcomp nmod:poss obj cc conj root She PRON had AUX not PART said VERB anything PRON of SCONJ the DET kind ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ they PRON insist VERB she PRON did VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ then ADV they PRON tell VERB her PRON to PART hold VERB her PRON tongue NOUN and CCONJ stop VERB 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 4 said nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 said aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 said advmod 4 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 said obj 6 of of SCONJ _ 8 kind mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 kind det 8 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 5 anything acl 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 insist punct 10 but but CCONJ _ 12 insist cc 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 insist nsubj 12 insist insist VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 said conj 13 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 did nsubj 14 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 insist ccomp 15 , , PUNCT _ 19 tell punct 16 and and CCONJ _ 19 tell cc 17 then then ADV PronType=Dem 19 tell advmod 18 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 tell nsubj 19 tell tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 said conj 20 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 19 tell iobj 21 to to PART _ 22 hold mark 22 hold hold VERB VerbForm=Inf 19 tell xcomp 23 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 24 tongue nmod:poss 24 tongue tongue NOUN Number=Sing 22 hold obj 25 and and CCONJ _ 26 stop cc 26 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 22 hold conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert past · perfect She anything vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic 2 insist speech: other present they vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 do past she vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 tell speech: assert present they her = she then vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic 5 hold not said to happen to-infinitive they not said here her tongue vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme 6 stop infinitive they not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 3 She was wrong about the sea, but they forgot she said nothing
nsubj cop case det obl punct cc nsubj advcl nsubj conj obj root She PRON was AUX wrong ADJ about ADP the DET sea NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ they PRON forgot VERB she PRON said VERB nothing PRON 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 wrong nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 about about ADP _ 6 sea case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 sea det 6 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrong obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 forgot punct 8 but but CCONJ _ 10 forgot cc 9 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 forgot nsubj 10 forgot forget VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 said advcl 11 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 said nsubj 12 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong conj 13 nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 12 said obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past She about the sea; wrong property tree rules 2 forget past they tree rules 3 say speech: assert past she nothing vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer She had not said anything of the kind, but they insist she did
nsubj aux advmod obj mark det acl punct cc nsubj conj nsubj ccomp root She PRON had AUX not PART said VERB anything PRON of SCONJ the DET kind ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ they PRON insist VERB she PRON did VERB 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 4 said nsubj 2 had have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 said aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 said advmod 4 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 anything anything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 4 said obj 6 of of SCONJ _ 8 kind mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 kind det 8 kind kind ADJ Degree=Pos 5 anything acl 9 , , PUNCT _ 12 insist punct 10 but but CCONJ _ 12 insist cc 11 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 insist nsubj 12 insist insist VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 said conj 13 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 did nsubj 14 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 insist ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: assert past · perfect She anything vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic 2 insist speech: other present they vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 do past she vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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