Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

Looking back: in chapter II, why did Alice think the Mouse might be French?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice, Looking · What happens: look back, think, be · To what, where: Mouse

This is test 15 · ★★ 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	16 French	csubj
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	_	11 think	punct
8	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	11 think	advmod
9	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 think	aux
10	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 think	nsubj
11	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Looking	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Mouse	det
13	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 think	obj
14	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 French	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 French	cop
16	French	French	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 French	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund			in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	think speech: other	past · do-support	Alice	the Mouse		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot mouse=Theme
3	is	might	Looking		french 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She thought it might have «come over with William the Conqueror»

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 have	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	conj
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 William	case
10	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Conqueror	det
12	Conqueror	conqueror	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	might	it			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	come over in a quote	infinitive		the Conqueror	with William; over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She thought it might have «come over with William the Conqueror», because she had been told that the Normans spoke French at the English court

The tree, 25 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 have	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 come	punct
7	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	conj
8	over	over	ADV	_	7 come	advmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 William	case
10	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 come	obl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Conqueror	det
12	Conqueror	Conqueror	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 William	appos
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 told	punct
15	because	because	SCONJ	_	19 told	mark
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 told	nsubj
17	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 told	aux
18	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 told	aux:pass
19	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	conj
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	23 spoke	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 Normans	det
22	Normans	Norman	PROPN	Number=Plur	23 spoke	nsubj
23	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 told	ccomp
24	French	French	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 spoke	obj
25	at	at	ADP	_	28 court	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 court	det
27	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 court	compound
28	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 spoke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	might	it				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	come over in a quote	infinitive				with William; over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive		William			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
5	speak speech: other	past	the Normans	French	the English court		tree rules

Option 3

She thought it might have come over from France on a boat, as she had heard of many visitors doing at the seaside

The tree, 23 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 come	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 come	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 come	aux
6	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	ccomp
7	over	over	ADV	_	6 come	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 France	case
9	France	France	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 boat	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 boat	det
12	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 come	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 heard	punct
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 heard	mark
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 heard	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 heard	aux
17	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 thought	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 visitors	case
19	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 visitors	amod
20	visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 heard	obl
21	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	20 visitors	acl
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 seaside	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 seaside	det
24	seaside	seaside	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 doing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	She			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	come over	might · perfect	it	France	on a boat; over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from france=Initial_Location
3	hear	past · perfect	France		of many visitors	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of visitor=Stimulus
4	do	gerund	many visitors not said here	the seaside		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It came over with the Normans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 came	nsubj
2	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 came	advmod
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 Normans	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Normans	det
6	Normans	Norman	PROPN	Number=Plur	2 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come over	past	It					with the Normans; over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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