Test 14 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…
★★★ The "EAT ME" plan: "if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door". Which result would NOT get her into the garden?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★, me, I, plan, result · What happens: eat, make, grow, reach, creep, not get · To what, where: ME, key, door, ★, garden
This is test 14 · ★ 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: ★★★ The "EAT ME" plan: "if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 9 plan | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 plan | det |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 EAT | punct |
| 6 | EAT | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 plan | compound |
| 7 | ME | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 EAT | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 EAT | punct |
| 9 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 ★ | obl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 makes | mark |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 makes | nsubj |
| 14 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 makes | obj |
| 16 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 makes | xcomp |
| 17 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 grow | xcomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 reach | punct |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 reach | nsubj |
| 20 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 reach | aux |
| 21 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 makes | conj |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 key | det |
| 23 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 reach | obj |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 creep | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 creep | cc |
| 26 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 28 makes | mark |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 makes | nsubj |
| 28 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 creep | advcl |
| 29 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 makes | obj |
| 30 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 makes | xcomp |
| 31 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 grow | xcomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 makes | punct |
| 33 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 35 creep | nsubj |
| 34 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 creep | aux |
| 35 | creep | creep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 makes | conj |
| 36 | under | under | ADP | _ | 38 door | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 door | det |
| 38 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 creep | obl |
| 39 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 creep | punct |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | infinitive | ME | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make in a quote | present | ★ | me | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | grow in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | large property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | reach in a quote | can | I | the key | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent key=Theme | ||||
| 5 | make a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | plan | me | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | grow in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | small property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | creep in a quote | can | I | the door | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under door=Trajectory |
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: Which result would NOT get her into the garden?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 result | det |
| 2 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | NOT | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 garden | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 garden | det |
| 9 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | would | which result | ★ | the garden | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Growing larger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | larger | large | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Growing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | gerund | large property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Growing very small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | very | very | ADV | _ | 3 small | advmod |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Growing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | gerund | small property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Growing smaller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Growing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | gerund | small property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Staying the same size
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 size | det |
| 3 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 size | amod |
| 4 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | gerund | the same size | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme size=Location |
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