Test 7 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…
Dad, sarcastic: "Oh brilliant, shrink yourself and leave the key on the table, genius." What mistake does he mean?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mistake · What happens: shrink, leave, mean · To what, where: yourself, key, table
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Dad, sarcastic: "Oh brilliant, shrink yourself and leave the key on the table, genius."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brilliant | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sarcastic | punct |
| 3 | sarcastic | sarcastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dad | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 brilliant | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 brilliant | punct |
| 6 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 7 brilliant | discourse |
| 7 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 shrink | punct |
| 9 | shrink | shrink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 brilliant | parataxis |
| 10 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 shrink | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 leave | cc |
| 12 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 shrink | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 key | det |
| 14 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leave | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 table | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 table | det |
| 17 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 leave | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 genius | punct |
| 19 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 table | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 brilliant | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 brilliant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink in a quote | infinitive | yourself | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent yourself=Patient | |||||
| 2 | leave in a quote | infinitive | the key | the table and genius | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent key=Theme on table=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: What mistake does he mean?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 2 mistake | det |
| 2 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mean | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | nsubj |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present · do-support | what mistake | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Alice drank a bottle of poison by accident
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 drank | nsubj |
| 2 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bottle | det |
| 4 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drank | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 poison | case |
| 6 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bottle | nmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 accident | case |
| 8 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drank | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | past | Alice | a bottle of poison | by accident | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Alice forgot the key before she shrank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | nsubj |
| 2 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 key | det |
| 4 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 forgot | obj |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 shrank | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 shrank | nsubj |
| 7 | shrank | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 forgot | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | Alice | the key | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shrink | past | Alice | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Alice gave the key to the Rabbit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 key | det |
| 4 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Rabbit | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Rabbit | det |
| 7 | Rabbit | rabbit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | Alice | the key | the Rabbit | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent key=Theme to rabbit=Recipient |
Option 4
Alice lost the key down the well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 key | det |
| 4 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obj |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 well | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 well | det |
| 7 | well | well | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | Alice | the key | down the well | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Eventuality |
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