Test 13 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…
Compare Alice now with Alice at the start, when she found her sister's book dull. What has changed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Alice · What happens: compare, find, change · To what, where: Alice, start, book
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 2 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors, DRINK ME and EAT ME» 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: Compare Alice now with Alice at the start, when she found her sister's book dull.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Compare | compare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Compare | obj |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Compare | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 Alice | case |
| 5 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Compare | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 start | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 start | det |
| 8 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Compare | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 found | punct |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 found | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 found | nsubj |
| 12 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Compare | parataxis |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 sister | nmod:poss |
| 14 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 book | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 sister | case |
| 16 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 found | obj |
| 17 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 found | xcomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Compare | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compare | imperative | you not said here | Alice | the start | now | with Alice | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent alice=Patient with alice=Co-Patient | |
| 2 | find | past | Alice | Alice's sister's book | dull property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
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: What has changed?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 changed | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 changed | aux |
| 3 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present · perfect | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She is even more bored than she was before
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 | 5 bored | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bored | cop |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 more | advmod |
| 4 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 bored | advmod |
| 5 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 she | case |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 bored | obl |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 bored | cop |
| 9 | before | before | ADV | _ | 8 was | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | than she; bored property | tree rules |
Option 2
She has gone home and found a better book
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 gone | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gone | aux |
| 3 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 gone | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 found | cc |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gone | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 book | det |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 book | amod |
| 9 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 found | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · perfect | She | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | past | She not said here | a better book | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
Option 3
She has fallen asleep and stopped thinking
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 fallen | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fallen | aux |
| 3 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fallen | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stopped | cc |
| 6 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fallen | conj |
| 7 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stopped | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present · perfect | She | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | stop | past | She not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | gerund | She not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She is busy, curious and puzzling things out
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 busy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 busy | cop |
| 3 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 curious | punct |
| 5 | curious | curious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 busy | conj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 puzzling | cc |
| 7 | puzzling | puzzle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 busy | conj |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 puzzling | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 puzzling | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | She not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | puzzle out | gerund | She not said here | things | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus thing=Experiencer |
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