Test 16 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri…

Looking back: in chapter IX, the Gryphon had already ordered Alice about. What did Alice think then?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gryphon, Alice · What happens: look back, order, think · To what, where: Alice

This is test 16 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: Looking back: in chapter IX, the Gryphon had already ordered Alice about.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 ordered	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 chapter	punct
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 chapter	case
5	chapter	chapter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Looking	obl
6	IX	ix	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Gryphon	det
9	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ordered	nsubj
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 ordered	aux
11	already	already	ADV	_	12 ordered	advmod
12	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 ordered	obj
14	about	about	ADV	_	12 ordered	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Gryphon not said here					in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	order	past · perfect	the Gryphon		Alice			about property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alice=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.

Sentence 2: What did Alice think then?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 think	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 think	aux
3	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 think	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past · do-support	Alice				then		vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

«Everybody says "come on!" here... I never was so ordered about in all my life»

Sentence 1: «Everybody says "come on!" here...

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	Everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	on	on	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 come	advmod
10	...	...	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Everybody						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come on	infinitive				here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: I never was so ordered about in all my life»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 ordered	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 ordered	advmod
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ordered	aux:pass
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 ordered	advmod
5	ordered	order	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	10 life	case
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 life	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 life	det:predet
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 life	nmod:poss
10	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ordered	obl
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 ordered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not order	past · passive		I				about my life	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

«Nobody here ever listens to a word I say, and they all shout at me»

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 listens	punct
2	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 listens	nsubj
3	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 Nobody	advmod
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 listens	advmod
5	listens	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 word	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 word	det
8	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 listens	obl
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 say	nsubj
10	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 word	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 shout	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shout	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shout	nsubj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 shout	advmod
15	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 listens	advcl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 me	case
17	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 shout	obl
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 shout	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	listen in a quote	present	Nobody		ever	to a word	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to word=Theme
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	I	a word not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	shout speech: express in a quote	present	they			at me	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

«Everybody says "come on!" here, and everyone says "explain yourself!", and I think I shall go home right now and never come back»

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	Everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	on	on	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 come	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 says	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 says	cc
12	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 explain	punct
15	explain	explain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 says	ccomp
16	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 explain	obj
17	!	!	PUNCT	_	15 explain	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 explain	punct
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 think	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 think	cc
21	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 think	nsubj
22	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
23	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	25 go	nsubj
24	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 go	aux
25	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 think	ccomp
26	home	home	ADV	_	25 go	advmod
27	right	right	ADV	_	28 now	advmod
28	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	25 go	advmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 come	cc
30	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	31 come	advmod
31	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 go	conj
32	back	back	ADV	_	31 come	advmod
33	»	»	PUNCT	_	22 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Everybody					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come on	infinitive			here			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	everyone					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	explain speech: assert	infinitive		yourself				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Topic
5	think speech: other in a quote	present	I					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	go in a quote	shall	I			now	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	not come back in a quote	infinitive	I not said here					vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

«Everybody says "come on!" here, and the Gryphon says it too, which is very annoying, and I have never been so bossed about before»

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	Everybody	everybody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
5	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	on	on	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 come	punct
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 come	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 says	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Gryphon	det
13	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 says	obj
16	too	too	ADV	_	14 says	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 annoying	punct
18	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 annoying	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 annoying	cop
20	very	very	ADV	_	21 annoying	advmod
21	annoying	annoying	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 says	ccomp
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 bossed	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 bossed	cc
24	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 bossed	nsubj
25	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 bossed	aux
26	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	29 bossed	advmod
27	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	29 bossed	aux:pass
28	so	so	ADV	_	29 bossed	advmod
29	bossed	boss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 annoying	conj
30	about	about	ADV	_	31 before	advmod
31	before	before	ADV	_	29 bossed	advmod
32	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Everybody				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come on	infinitive			here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the Gryphon	it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	is in a quote	present				annoying property	tree rules
5	not boss about in a quote	present · perfect · passive		the Gryphon = gryphon		before property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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