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Test 6 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

The Mock Turtle is relieved that Alice's school did not teach washing. What does «extra» mean here?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mock Turtle, school, extra · What happens: be, not teach, mean · To what, where: washing

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: The Mock Turtle is relieved that Alice's school did not teach washing.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Turtle	det
2	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Turtle	compound
3	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 relieved	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 relieved	cop
5	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 teach	mark
7	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 school	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Alice	case
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teach	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 teach	aux
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 teach	advmod
12	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 relieved	advcl
13	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 teach	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 relieved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the Mock Turtle					relieved property	tree rules
2	not teach speech: other	past · do-support	Alice's school	washing					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent washing=Recipient

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 does «extra» mean here?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	aux
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 extra	punct
4	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 mean	nsubj
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 extra	punct
6	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 mean	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	extra			here			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

A lesson the children had to repeat twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 lesson	det
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 repeat	mark
7	repeat	repeat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 had	xcomp
8	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 repeat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	a lesson						tree rules
2	repeat	to-infinitive	a lesson not said here					twice property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

A lesson parents had to pay more for, on top of the usual fees, in the afternoon, at the sea-school

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parents	det
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 parents	compound
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pay	mark
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 pay	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	7 more	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 top	punct
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 top	case
11	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 fees	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fees	det
14	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 fees	amod
15	fees	fee	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 top	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 afternoon	punct
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 afternoon	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 afternoon	det
19	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 school	punct
21	at	at	ADP	_	25 school	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 school	det
23	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 school	compound
24	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 sea	punct
25	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	a lesson parents			top of the usual fees			tree rules
2	pay	to-infinitive	a lesson parents not said here	more					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A lesson parents had to pay more for

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parents	det
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 parents	compound
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 pay	mark
6	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 pay	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	7 more	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	a lesson parents						tree rules
2	pay	to-infinitive	a lesson parents not said here	more					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

A subject taught only in the summer months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 subject	det
2	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	taught	teach	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 subject	acl
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 months	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 months	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 months	det
7	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 months	compound
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 taught	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	teach speech: other	participle		a subject not said here			month		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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