Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

Ella: «Alice told them she'd scoffed loads of lobster, I'm dead.» (scoffed = eaten greedily; I'm dead = so funny) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, Ella, I, you · What happens: tell, scoff, be, eat, put · To what, where: them, Alice, lobster · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadrille (a dance, a whiting and a porpoise)» 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: Ella: «Alice told them she'd scoffed loads of lobster, I'm dead.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 dead	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 told	punct
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Ella	parataxis
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 scoffed	nsubj:pass
8	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 scoffed	aux
9	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 told	ccomp
10	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 scoffed	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 lobster	case
12	lobster	lobster	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 loads	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ella	punct
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 dead	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 dead	cop
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 dead	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 dead	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	past	Alice		them = they		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	scoff in a quote	past · perfect · passive		Alice			tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	Ella			dead property	tree rules

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: (scoffed = eaten greedily; I'm dead = so funny) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 scoffed	punct
2	scoffed	scoff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 dead	advcl
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 eaten	punct
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 scoffed	conj
5	greedily	greedily	ADV	_	4 eaten	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 dead	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 dead	nsubj
8	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 dead	cop
9	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 Put	advcl
10	=	=	PUNCT	_	12 funny	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 funny	advmod
12	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 dead	appos
13	)	)	PUNCT	_	12 funny	punct
14	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 Put	obj
16	right	right	ADV	_	14 Put	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	scoff	participle	I not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	eat	participle	I not said here		greedily property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	I		dead property	tree rules
4	put	imperative	you not said here	lobster	right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1

She tasted lobster and said «No, never»

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	2 tasted	nsubj
2	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	lobster	lobster	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 tasted	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 said	cc
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tasted	conj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 No	punct
7	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 said	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 No	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 said	advmod
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 tasted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	past	She					lobster property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not say speech: assert	past	She not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She told them she had eaten loads of lobster and then said she was dead, since they were so funny to her

The tree, 22 words

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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 eaten	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 eaten	aux
6	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 told	ccomp
7	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eaten	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 lobster	case
9	lobster	lobster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 loads	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 said	advmod
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 eaten	conj
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 dead	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 dead	cop
15	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 said	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 funny	punct
17	since	since	SCONJ	_	21 funny	mark
18	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 funny	nsubj
19	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 funny	cop
20	so	so	ADV	_	21 funny	advmod
21	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 told	parataxis
22	to	to	ADP	_	23 her	case
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 funny	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	She		them = they			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic
2	eat	past · perfect	she	loads of lobster				vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient
3	say speech: assert	past	she not said here			then		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	she				dead property	tree rules
5	is	past	loads = load		her = she		funny property	tree rules

Option 3

She began to eat, and then stopped

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	2 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 eat	mark
4	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 began	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stopped	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stopped	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 stopped	advmod
8	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	begin	past	She		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	eat	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stop	past	She not said here	then	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She began «I once tasted—» but stopped and said «No, never»

The tree, 11 words

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	2 began	nsubj
2	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 tasted	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 tasted	nsubj
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 tasted	advmod
6	tasted	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	parataxis
7	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 tasted	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 tasted	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 stopped	cc
10	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 said	cc
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 began	conj
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	14 No	punct
14	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	16 never	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 No	punct
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 said	advmod
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	begin	past	She		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	taste in a quote	past	I	once property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	stop	past	She not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
4	not say speech: assert	past	She not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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