Test 7 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter IX, part 2: The Mock Turtle's…

«You couldn't have wanted it much, living at the bottom of the sea.» What is Alice's joke about washing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: not want, live, be, wash · To what, where: it, bottom, joke

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: «You couldn't have wanted it much, living at the bottom of the sea.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct
2	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 wanted	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 wanted	advmod
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 wanted	aux
6	wanted	want	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wanted	obj
8	much	much	ADV	_	6 wanted	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 living	punct
10	living	live	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 wanted	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 bottom	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bottom	det
13	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 living	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 sea	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sea	det
16	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bottom	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 wanted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not want in a quote	could · perfect	You	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	live in a quote	gerund	You not said here			the bottom of the sea			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bottom=Location

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 is Alice's joke about washing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 joke	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 joke	cop
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 joke	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Alice	case
5	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	SCONJ	_	7 washing	mark
7	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 joke	advcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 joke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		Alice's joke					tree rules
2	wash	gerund							vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

You're always wet under the sea anyway, so why learn washing, when the Mock Turtle had already told you he could not swim well?

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wet	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wet	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 wet	advmod
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wet	obl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 wet	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 learn	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 learn	advmod
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 learn	advmod
12	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wet	conj
13	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learn	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 told	punct
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	21 told	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Turtle	det
17	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 Turtle	compound
18	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 told	nsubj
19	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 told	aux
20	already	already	ADV	_	21 told	advmod
21	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	12 learn	conj
22	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	21 told	iobj
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 swim	nsubj
24	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 swim	aux
25	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	26 swim	advmod
26	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 told	ccomp
27	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	26 swim	advmod
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	You			the sea	always, anyway, wet property	tree rules
2	learn	infinitive	You not said here	washing				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent washing=Topic
3	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	the Mock Turtle		you			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
4	not swim	could	Turtle				well property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

You're always wet under the sea anyway, so why learn washing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wet	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wet	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 wet	advmod
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wet	obl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 wet	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 learn	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 learn	advmod
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 learn	advmod
12	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wet	conj
13	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learn	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You			the sea		always, anyway, wet property	tree rules
2	learn	infinitive	You not said here	washing					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent washing=Topic

Option 3

You're always wet under the sea anyway, so why learn washing, and did the Queen teach that at the palace too?

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wet	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 wet	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 wet	advmod
4	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wet	obl
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 wet	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 learn	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 learn	advmod
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	12 learn	advmod
12	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wet	conj
13	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learn	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 did	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 did	cc
16	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 wet	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 teach	det
18	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 teach	compound
19	teach	teach	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 did	obj
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 palace	nsubj
21	at	at	ADP	_	23 palace	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 palace	det
23	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 teach	nmod
24	too	too	ADV	_	23 palace	advmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 wet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	You		the sea	always, anyway, wet property	tree rules
2	learn	infinitive	You not said here	washing			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent washing=Topic
3	do	past		the Queen teach	the palace		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teach=Eventuality

Option 4

Alice thinks the sea is clean, so washing is not needed at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sea	det
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 clean	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 clean	cop
6	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 thinks	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 needed	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	12 needed	advmod
9	washing	washing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 needed	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 needed	aux:pass
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 needed	advmod
12	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thinks	parataxis
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 needed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	Alice				vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the sea			clean property	tree rules
3	not need	present · passive		washing	all		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

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