Test 14 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

Looking back: how has Alice changed, from the Mouse in chapter II to the Mock Turtle in chapter X?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Looking · What happens: look back, change · To what, where: chapter X

This is test 14 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 changed	csubj:pass
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 has	advmod
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 changed	aux
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj
7	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 Mouse	punct
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 Mouse	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Mouse	det
11	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 chapter	case
13	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Mouse	nmod
14	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	13 chapter	flat
15	to	to	ADP	_	18 Turtle	case
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	7 changed	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 X	case
20	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 X	compound
21	X	x	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 changed	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 changed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund							vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	change	present · perfect	Looking			chapter X		from the Mouse in chapter; to the Mock Turtle result	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent from mouse=Initial_State to turtle=Result

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.

The options

Option 1

She now lets the creatures talk about their own affairs, and no longer tries to speak of her cat Dinah or of the dogs at home

The tree, 26 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	3 lets	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 lets	advmod
3	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 creatures	det
5	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 talk	nsubj
6	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lets	xcomp
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 affairs	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 affairs	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 affairs	amod
10	affairs	affair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 talk	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tries	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 tries	cc
13	no	no	ADV	_	14 longer	advmod
14	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 tries	advmod
15	tries	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lets	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 speak	mark
17	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 tries	xcomp
18	of	of	ADP	_	21 Dinah	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 cat	nmod:poss
20	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 Dinah	compound
21	Dinah	Dinah	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 speak	obl
22	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 dogs	cc
23	of	of	ADP	_	25 dogs	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 dogs	det
25	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 Dinah	conj
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 home	case
27	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	She		now		tree rules
2	talk	present	the creatures			about creatures's own affairs	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about affair=Topic
3	try	present	She not said here			long property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	speak speech: other not said to happen	to-infinitive	She not said here	home		of cat Dinah or the dogs	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She now stops herself before saying something that would upset the creatures, which she never did when she was talking to the Mouse in chapter II

The tree, 26 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	3 stops	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 stops	advmod
3	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 stops	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 saying	mark
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stops	advcl
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 saying	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 upset	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 upset	aux
10	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 something	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 creatures	det
12	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 upset	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 talking	punct
14	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 did	obj
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 did	nsubj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 did	advmod
17	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 talking	aux
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	21 talking	advmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 talking	nsubj
20	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 talking	aux
21	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 creatures	acl
22	to	to	ADP	_	24 Mouse	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 Mouse	det
24	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 talking	obl
25	in	in	ADP	_	26 chapter	case
26	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 talking	obl
27	II	II	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	26 chapter	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	She	herself = she		now		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector herself=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	gerund	She not said here	something				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
3	upset	would		the creatures				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus creature=Experiencer
4	talk	past · progressive · do-support	she		chapter		to the Mouse	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to mouse=Co-Agent

Option 3

She now keeps quiet about the sea

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 keeps	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 keeps	advmod
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 keeps	xcomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	She				now	about the sea; quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent about sea=Location

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

She now stops herself before saying something that would upset the creatures

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 stops	nsubj
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 stops	advmod
3	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 stops	obj
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 saying	mark
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 stops	advcl
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 saying	obj
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 upset	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 upset	aux
10	upset	upset	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 something	acl:relcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 creatures	det
12	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 upset	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	stop	present	She	herself = she	now	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector herself=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	gerund	She not said here	something		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent something=Topic
3	upset	would		the creatures		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus creature=Experiencer

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