Test 5 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 1: The Lobster Quadri…

Why does Alice check herself at «dinn—»?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: check · To what, where: Alice, dinn

This is test 5 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 check	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 check	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 check	nsubj
4	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 check	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 dinn	case
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 dinn	punct
8	dinn	dinn	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 check	obl
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	4 check	punct
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 check	punct
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 check	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present · do-support	Alice	Alice		dinn			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme

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

She was about to say she had seen dinner on a plate

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 about	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	cop
3	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 about	xcomp
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 say	ccomp
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seen	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 plate	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 plate	det
12	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			about property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past · perfect	she	dinner	a plate		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus

Option 2

She was about to say she had dined with whitings

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 about	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	cop
3	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 about	xcomp
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dined	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dined	aux
8	dined	dine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 say	ccomp
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 whitings	case
10	whitings	whiting	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dined	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	She	about property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	dine	past · perfect	she	with whitings	vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She was about to say she had seen dinner served with whitings on the table, and then she remembered that it was not polite to speak of food

The tree, 28 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 about	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	cop
3	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 about	xcomp
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 say	ccomp
9	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seen	obj
10	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 dinner	acl
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 whitings	case
12	whitings	whiting	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 served	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 table	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 table	det
15	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 whitings	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 remembered	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 remembered	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 remembered	advmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 remembered	nsubj
20	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	conj
21	that	that	SCONJ	_	25 polite	mark
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 polite	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 polite	cop
24	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	25 polite	advmod
25	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 remembered	parataxis
26	to	to	PART	_	27 speak	mark
27	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 polite	csubj
28	of	of	ADP	_	29 food	case
29	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			about property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past · perfect	she	dinner			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dinner=Stimulus
4	serve	participle		dinner not said here		with whitings on the table	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with whiting=Theme
5	remember	past	she		then		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
6	not is	past	it			polite property	tree rules
7	speak speech: other	to-infinitive				of food	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was about to say she had seen whitings at dinner, on a plate

The tree, 14 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 about	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 about	cop
3	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 say	mark
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 about	xcomp
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 seen	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 seen	aux
8	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 say	ccomp
9	whitings	whiting	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 seen	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 dinner	case
11	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seen	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 plate	punct
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 plate	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 plate	det
15	plate	plate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 about	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	She			about property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	She not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	see	past · perfect	she	whitings	dinner		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whiting=Stimulus

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