Test 4 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…
Jake from Yorkshire: "She were right mardy, crying on t' floor." ("mardy" = grumpy or sulky.) What does Alice do after crying?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, Alice · What happens: be, cry, do · To what, where: t
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Jake from Yorkshire: "She were right mardy, crying on t' floor."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 mardy | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Yorkshire | case |
| 3 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jake | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 mardy | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 mardy | punct |
| 6 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 mardy | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 mardy | cop |
| 8 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mardy | amod |
| 9 | mardy | mardy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 crying | punct |
| 11 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 floor | compound |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 t | case |
| 13 | t | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 crying | obl |
| 14 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 11 crying | punct |
| 15 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mardy | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 mardy | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 mardy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | past | Jake from Yorkshire | crying floor obl; mardy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express in a quote | gerund | t | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on t=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: ("mardy" = grumpy or sulky.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 3 | mardy | mardy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 5 | = | = | SYM | _ | 6 grumpy | case |
| 6 | grumpy | grumpy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mardy | nmod |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 sulky | cc |
| 8 | sulky | sulky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 grumpy | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 mardy | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What does Alice do after crying?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 crying | mark |
| 6 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 do | advcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | Alice | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | gerund | Alice not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
She goes back up the passage to the well
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 | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 goes | advmod |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 passage | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 passage | det |
| 6 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 well | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 well | det |
| 9 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | present | She | up the passage; to the well result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to well=Result |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She shouts for her big sister to help
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 | 2 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 sister | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sister | nmod:poss |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sister | amod |
| 6 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shouts | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 help | mark |
| 8 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 shouts | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | She | for her big sister | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for sister=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | She not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She tells herself off sharply to stop
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 | 2 tells | nsubj |
| 2 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 tells | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 tells | compound:prt |
| 5 | sharply | sharply | ADV | _ | 2 tells | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stop | mark |
| 7 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sharply | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell off speech: assert | present | She | herself = she | sharply property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent herself=Recipient | |||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | She not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4
She falls asleep under the glass table
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 | 2 falls | nsubj |
| 2 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 falls | xcomp |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 table | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 table | det |
| 6 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 table | compound |
| 7 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 falls | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | She | the glass table | asleep property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under table=Location |
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