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Test 3 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, sweet as.» (togs = swimming costume; sweet as = great) What does the book say about the dancing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, book · What happens: wear, dance, say · To what, where: togs, sand · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Ruby from Sydney: «they wore their togs and danced on the sand, sweet as.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wore	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Sydney	case
3	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ruby	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Ruby	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 wore	punct
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wore	nsubj
7	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 togs	nmod:poss
9	togs	tog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wore	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 danced	cc
11	danced	dance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 wore	conj
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 sand	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sand	det
14	sand	sand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 danced	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 sweet	punct
16	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sand	amod
17	as	as	ADP	_	16 sweet	fixed
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 wore	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 wore	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear in a quote	past	Ruby from Sydney	their togs					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent tog=Source
2	dance in a quote	participle	Ruby from Sydney not said here			the sand			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sand=Location

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: (togs = swimming costume; sweet as = great) What does the book say about the dancing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 togs	punct
2	togs	tog	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sweet	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	5 costume	punct
4	swimming	swimming	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 costume	compound
5	costume	costume	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 togs	appos
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 sweet	punct
7	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 great	case
9	=	=	SYM	_	10 great	punct
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sweet	obl
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 great	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	16 say	obj
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 say	aux
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 book	det
15	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 say	nsubj
16	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sweet	advcl
17	about	about	ADP	_	19 dancing	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 dancing	det
19	dancing	dancing	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 say	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sweet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · do-support	the book					about the dancing	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

They danced round Alice, singing happily

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	2 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	round	round	ADP	_	4 Alice	case
4	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 singing	punct
6	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 danced	advcl
7	happily	happily	ADV	_	6 singing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	They					round Alice	vn waltz-51.5 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	sing speech: express	gerund	They not said here					happily property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

They danced in lines, treading on her hat

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	2 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 lines	case
4	lines	line	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 danced	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 treading	punct
6	treading	tread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 danced	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 hat	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hat	nmod:poss
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 treading	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	They			lines			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in line=Location
2	tread	gerund	They not said here			her hat			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hat=Trajectory

Option 3

They danced in a ring

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	2 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 ring	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ring	det
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	They			a ring			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ring=Location

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

They danced round and round Alice, treading on her toes, singing slowly and sadly

The tree, 14 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	2 danced	nsubj
2	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	round	round	ADV	_	2 danced	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 round	cc
5	round	round	ADV	_	3 round	conj
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 danced	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 treading	punct
8	treading	tread	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 danced	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 toes	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 toes	nmod:poss
11	toes	toe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 treading	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 singing	punct
13	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 danced	advcl
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 singing	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sadly	cc
16	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	14 slowly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	past	They	Alice				round property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location alice=Theme
2	tread	gerund	They not said here			Alice's toes			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on toe=Trajectory
3	sing speech: express	gerund	They not said here					slowly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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