Test 10 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri…

Why does the Gryphon only answer «Come on!» as they run?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Gryphon, they · What happens: answer, come on, run · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadrille (poems gone wrong and Beautiful Soup)» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 answer	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 answer	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Gryphon	det
4	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 answer	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 answer	advmod
6	answer	answer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 Come	punct
8	Come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 answer	conj
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 Come	advmod
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	8 Come	punct
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 Come	punct
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 run	mark
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 run	nsubj
14	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 answer	advcl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 answer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	answer speech: express	present · do-support	the Gryphon	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come on in a quote	infinitive	the Gryphon not said here	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	run	present	they	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

He is hurrying because the Queen has ordered everyone to be on time, and he is afraid of what she will do to them all

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 hurrying	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hurrying	aux
3	hurrying	hurry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 ordered	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 ordered	nsubj
7	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 ordered	aux
8	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 hurrying	advcl
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 ordered	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	13 time	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 time	cop
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 time	case
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ordered	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 afraid	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 afraid	cc
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 afraid	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 afraid	cop
18	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hurrying	advcl
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 what	case
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 do	obj
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 do	nsubj
22	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 do	aux
23	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 afraid	ccomp
24	to	to	ADP	_	25 them	case
25	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 do	obl
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hurry	present · progressive	He					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	order	present · perfect	the Queen	everyone				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
3	is	to-infinitive	the Queen not said here			on time		tree rules
4	is	present	he				afraid property	tree rules
5	do	future	Queen		them = they			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He's in a hurry and, like everyone here, just orders Alice about

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hurry	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurry	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hurry	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hurry	det
5	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 everyone	cc
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 everyone	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 everyone	case
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 hurry	conj
10	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 everyone	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 orders	punct
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 orders	advmod
13	orders	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurry	parataxis
14	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 orders	obj
15	about	about	ADV	_	5 hurry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			a hurry		about property	tree rules
2	order	present			Alice				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alice=Theme

Option 3

He wants to escape before the Mock Turtle finishes singing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 escape	mark
4	escape	escape	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 finishes	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Turtle	det
7	Mock	Mock	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Turtle	compound
8	Turtle	Turtle	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 finishes	nsubj
9	finishes	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 escape	advcl
10	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 finishes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	want	present	He	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	escape not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	finish	present	the Mock Turtle	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
4	sing speech: express	gerund	the Mock Turtle not said here	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He's in a hurry because the trial is starting, and like everyone else here he only ever gives orders and never explains anything at all

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hurry	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurry	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hurry	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hurry	det
5	hurry	hurry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 starting	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trial	det
8	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 starting	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 starting	aux
10	starting	start	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hurry	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 gives	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 gives	cc
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 everyone	case
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	20 gives	nsubj
15	else	else	ADV	_	14 everyone	advmod
16	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 everyone	advmod
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 gives	nsubj
18	only	only	ADV	_	20 gives	advmod
19	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	20 gives	advmod
20	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurry	parataxis
21	orders	order	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 gives	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 explains	cc
23	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	24 explains	advmod
24	explains	explain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 gives	conj
25	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	24 explains	obj
26	at	at	ADP	_	27 all	case
27	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	25 anything	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is	present	He		a hurry		tree rules
2	start	present · progressive	the trial				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	give	present	everyone	orders		ever	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
4	not explain speech: assert	present	everyone not said here	anything	all		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Topic

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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