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 |
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