Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

Looking back: in chapter II, Alice upset the Mouse again and again. What did she keep talking about?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: look back, upset, keep, talk about · To what, where: Mouse

This is test 12 · ★★ 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: Looking back: in chapter II, Alice upset the Mouse again and again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 upset	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 upset	nsubj
9	upset	upset	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mouse	det
11	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 upset	obj
12	again	again	ADV	_	9 upset	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 again	cc
14	again	again	ADV	_	12 again	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 upset	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	Alice not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	upset	past	Alice	the Mouse			again		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mouse=Experiencer

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 did she keep talking about?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 keep	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	talking	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	about	about	ADP	_	5 talking	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	Alice						tree rules
2	talk about	gerund	Alice not said here						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Her cat Dinah, which she called such a capital one for catching mice, and a little dog that always barked at rats in the garden

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cat	nmod:poss
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj
3	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cat	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 called	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 called	obj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 called	nsubj
7	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	11 one	det:predet
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
12	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 catching	mark
13	catching	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 one	acl
14	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 catching	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 dog	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 dog	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 dog	det
18	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 dog	amod
19	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	xcomp
20	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 barked	nsubj:pass
21	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	22 barked	advmod
22	barked	bark	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 dog	acl:relcl
23	at	at	ADP	_	24 rats	case
24	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 barked	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 garden	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 garden	det
27	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 barked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	past	Her cat	such capital one		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent which=Recipient
2	catch	gerund	such capital one not said here	mice		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
3	bark	participle · passive		a little dog	in the garden; at rats; always property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: subject=Theme at rat=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Her dog and a mouse trap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dog	nmod:poss
2	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 trap	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 trap	det
5	mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trap	compound
6	trap	trap	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 dog	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her cat Dinah, «such a capital one for catching mice», and a dog that kills rats

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cat	nmod:poss
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cat	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
6	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	9 one	det:predet
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cat	appos
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 catching	mark
11	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 one	advcl
12	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 catching	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 mice	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dog	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dog	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 dog	det
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cat	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 kills	nsubj
19	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 dog	acl:relcl
20	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 kills	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch in a quote	gerund		mice					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
2	kill	present	a dog	rats					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme

Option 4

Her cat Dinah, «such a capital one for catching mice», and a dog that kills rats, as well as her fear of mice

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cat	nmod:poss
2	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cat	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
6	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	9 one	det:predet
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
8	capital	capital	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cat	appos
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 catching	mark
11	catching	catch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 one	advcl
12	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 catching	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 mice	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 dog	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 dog	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 dog	det
17	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cat	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 kills	nsubj
19	kills	kill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 dog	acl:relcl
20	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 kills	obj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 fear	punct
22	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	26 fear	cc
23	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	22 as	fixed
24	as	as	ADP	_	22 as	fixed
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 fear	nmod:poss
26	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cat	conj
27	of	of	ADP	_	28 mice	case
28	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 fear	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	catch in a quote	gerund		mice	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme
2	kill	present	a dog	rats	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rat=Theme
3	fear		dog	mice	nom fear «feeling transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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