Test 3 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…

What would have happened if Alice had picked up the key before she drank?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alice · What happens: happen, pick up, drink · To what, where: key

This is test 3 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happened	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 happened	aux
4	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 picked	mark
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 picked	nsubj
7	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	aux
8	picked	pick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happened	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 picked	compound:prt
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 key	det
11	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 picked	obj
12	before	before	SCONJ	_	14 drank	mark
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 drank	nsubj
14	drank	drink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 picked	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would · perfect			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pick up a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	Alice	the key	vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Topic
3	drink	past	Alice		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She could have unlocked the little door and gone in

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	4 unlocked	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 unlocked	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 unlocked	aux
4	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 unlocked	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gone	cc
9	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 unlocked	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	9 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	unlock	could · perfect	She	the little door					vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient
2	go in	participle	She not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The key would have grown too heavy for her to carry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 key	det
2	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grown	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grown	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 grown	aux
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 heavy	advmod
7	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 grown	xcomp
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	11 carry	mark
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 carry	nsubj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 carry	mark
11	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 heavy	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	would · perfect · passive		the key				heavy property	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
2	carry	to-infinitive	her = she						vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The bottle would have refused to make her any smaller

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bottle	det
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 refused	nsubj:pass
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 refused	aux
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	aux
5	refused	refuse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 make	mark
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 refused	advcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 make	obj
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 smaller	det
10	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	would · perfect · passive		the bottle					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive		her = she				small property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product

Option 4

The little door would have vanished behind the curtain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 door	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 door	amod
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vanished	nsubj:pass
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 vanished	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 vanished	aux
6	vanished	vanish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	9 curtain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 curtain	det
9	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 vanished	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	would · perfect · passive		the little door		the curtain			tree rules

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