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Test 9 · ★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter I, part 2: The hall of doors,…

The book tells of children who were burnt or eaten by wild beasts because they forgot simple rules. What is it saying about Alice?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: book, beasts, it · What happens: tell, burnt, eat, forget, say · To what, where: children, simple rules · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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 book tells of children who were burnt or eaten by wild beasts because they forgot simple rules.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tells	nsubj
3	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 tells	obl
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 burnt	nsubj:pass
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 burnt	aux:pass
8	burnt	burnt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 children	acl:relcl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 eaten	cc
10	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 burnt	conj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 beasts	case
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beasts	amod
13	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 eaten	obl:agent
14	because	because	SCONJ	_	16 forgot	mark
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 forgot	nsubj
16	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 eaten	advcl
17	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 rules	amod
18	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 forgot	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 tells	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	the book					of children	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	burnt	past · passive		children					tree rules
3	eat	participle							vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	forget	past	beasts = beast	simple rules					tree rules

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 is it saying about Alice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 saying	obj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 saying	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 saying	nsubj
4	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 Alice	case
6	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 saying	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 saying	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	it					about Alice	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

She never listens to any rules at all

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 listens	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 listens	advmod
3	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 rules	det
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 listens	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not listen	present	She					to any rules at all	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to rule=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

She learnt the rules from the White Rabbit

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 learnt	nsubj
2	learnt	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rules	det
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 learnt	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 Rabbit	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Rabbit	det
7	White	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Rabbit	amod
8	Rabbit	Rabbit	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 learnt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	past	She	the rules				from the White Rabbit	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rule=Topic from rabbit=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She remembers the rules, so she checks the bottle

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 remembers	nsubj
2	remembers	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rules	det
4	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remembers	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 checks	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 checks	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 checks	nsubj
8	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 remembers	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bottle	det
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 checks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	present	She	the rules					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent rule=Theme
2	check	present	she	the bottle					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme

Option 4

She had been eaten by a wild beast 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	4 eaten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 eaten	aux:pass
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 beast	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 beast	det
7	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beast	amod
8	beast	beast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 eaten	obl
9	before	before	ADV	_	4 eaten	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect · passive	a wild beast	She				before property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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