Test 2 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

What would happen to lobsters in a real Lobster Quadrille, if it were done as the creatures describe?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: creatures · What happens: happen, do, describe · To what, where: real Lobster Quadrille, Quadrille

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 lobsters	case
5	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 happen	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 Quadrille	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Quadrille	det
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Quadrille	amod
9	Lobster	Lobster	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Quadrille	compound
10	Quadrille	Quadrille	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 done	punct
12	if	if	SCONJ	_	15 done	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 done	nsubj:pass
14	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 done	aux:pass
15	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 describe	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 creatures	det
18	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 describe	nsubj
19	describe	describe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 done	advcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	happen	would			a real Lobster Quadrille	to lobsters	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in quadrille=Location
2	do a condition, not said to happen	past · passive		Quadrille			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	describe	infinitive	the creatures				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent

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

They'd be flung out to sea in the middle of the dance, and then the dancers would swim after them and bring them back to shore for dinner

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	nsubj:pass
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 flung	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 flung	aux:pass
4	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 flung	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 dance	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dance	det
13	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 middle	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 swim	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 swim	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 swim	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dancers	det
18	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 swim	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 swim	aux
20	swim	swim	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flung	conj
21	after	after	ADP	_	22 them	case
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 swim	obl
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 bring	cc
24	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 swim	conj
25	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 bring	obj
26	back	back	ADV	_	24 bring	advmod
27	to	to	ADP	_	28 shore	case
28	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 bring	obl
29	for	for	ADP	_	30 dinner	case
30	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 shore	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling out	would · passive		They	the middle of the dance		to sea	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination
2	swim	would	the dancers			after them = they; then		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bring back	infinitive	the dancers not said here	dancers = dancer	shore for dinner			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to shore=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They'd be thrown out to sea at the start

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 thrown	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 thrown	aux:pass
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 thrown	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 start	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 start	det
10	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw out	would · passive		They		the start		to sea	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They'd be flung out to sea in the middle of the dance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	nsubj:pass
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 flung	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 flung	aux:pass
4	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 flung	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 dance	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dance	det
13	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling out	would · passive		They		the middle of the dance		to sea	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination

Option 4

They'd be flung out to sea in the middle of the dance, and the whole crowd would then sing a sad song about the lobsters they had lost

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flung	nsubj:pass
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 flung	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 flung	aux:pass
4	flung	fling	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 flung	compound:prt
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 middle	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 middle	det
10	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flung	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 dance	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 dance	det
13	dance	dance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 middle	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 sing	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 sing	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 crowd	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 crowd	amod
18	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sing	nsubj
19	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 sing	aux
20	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 sing	advmod
21	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 flung	conj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 song	det
23	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 song	amod
24	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 sing	obj
25	about	about	ADP	_	27 lobsters	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lobsters	det
27	lobsters	lobster	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 sing	obl
28	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	30 lost	nsubj
29	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 lost	aux
30	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 lobsters	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fling out	would · passive		They	the middle of the dance		to sea	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme to sea=Destination
2	sing speech: express	would	the whole crowd	a sad song		then	about the lobsters	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme
3	lose	past · perfect	lobsters = lobster	the lobsters not said here				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lobster=Eventuality

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