Test 17 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri…
★★★ Alice's three wrong poems so far: the crocodile (ch II), Father William (ch V) and the Lobster (ch X). What do the new versions have in common with what was on Alice's mind?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: new versions · What happens: be, have · To what, where: mind
This is test 17 · ★★ 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: ★★★ Alice's three wrong poems so far: the crocodile (ch II), Father William (ch V) and the Lobster (ch X).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 8 poems | case |
| 4 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 poems | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Alice | case |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 poems | nummod |
| 7 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 poems | amod |
| 8 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 far | advmod |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 poems | advmod |
| 11 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 crocodile | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crocodile | det |
| 13 | crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | conj |
| 14 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 15 ch | punct |
| 15 | ch | ch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crocodile | appos |
| 16 | II | II | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 15 ch | flat |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 15 ch | punct |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 William | punct |
| 19 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 William | compound |
| 20 | William | William | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 crocodile | appos |
| 21 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 23 V | punct |
| 22 | ch | ch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 V | compound |
| 23 | V | v | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 William | appos |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 23 V | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 Lobster | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Lobster | det |
| 27 | Lobster | Lobster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 William | conj |
| 28 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 30 X | punct |
| 29 | ch | ch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 X | compound |
| 30 | X | x | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 Lobster | appos |
| 31 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 30 X | punct |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What do the new versions have in common with what was on Alice's mind?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 have | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 versions | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 versions | amod |
| 5 | versions | version | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 common | case |
| 8 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 have | xcomp |
| 9 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 15 mind | mark |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 15 mind | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 mind | cop |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 mind | case |
| 13 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 mind | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 Alice | case |
| 15 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 common | advcl |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | have | present | the new versions | common property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Alice's mind | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Each new version is mixed up with the Caterpillar's mushroom, the Duchess's pepper, and the Queen's croquet, all of which she is thinking about
The tree, 27 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 version | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 version | amod |
| 3 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mixed | aux:pass |
| 5 | mixed | mix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 mixed | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 mushroom | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Caterpillar | det |
| 9 | Caterpillar | Caterpillar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 mushroom | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 Caterpillar | case |
| 11 | mushroom | mushroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixed | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 pepper | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Duchess | det |
| 14 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 pepper | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 Duchess | case |
| 16 | pepper | pepper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixed | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 croquet | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 croquet | cc |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Queen | det |
| 20 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 croquet | nmod:poss |
| 21 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 20 Queen | case |
| 22 | croquet | croquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mixed | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 thinking | punct |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 thinking | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 which | case |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 all | nmod |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 thinking | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 thinking | aux |
| 29 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 croquet | conj |
| 30 | about | about | ADV | _ | 29 thinking | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mix up | present · passive | each new version | with the Caterpillar's mushroom; the Duchess's pepper obl; the Queen's croquet obl | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with mushroom=Co-Patient | ||||
| 2 | think about speech: other | present · progressive | all | about property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | croquet | the Queen | nom croquet «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Lobster one is full of the dance she just saw, so her head mixes in recent things
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 one | det |
| 2 | Lobster | Lobster | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 one | compound |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 dance | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dance | det |
| 8 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | obl |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 saw | advmod |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 dance | acl:relcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mixes | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 16 mixes | advmod |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 head | nmod:poss |
| 15 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mixes | nsubj |
| 16 | mixes | mix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | parataxis |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 things | case |
| 18 | recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 things | amod |
| 19 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 mixes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the Lobster one | of the dance; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | she | the dance not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dance=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | mix | present | her head | recent things | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
They each repeat a song that she heard the Gryphon sing earlier in the hall
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 repeat | nsubj |
| 2 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 repeat | advmod |
| 3 | repeat | repeat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 song | det |
| 5 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 repeat | obj |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 heard | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 repeat | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Gryphon | det |
| 10 | Gryphon | Gryphon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 heard | obj |
| 11 | sing | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 repeat | conj |
| 12 | earlier | early | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 sing | advmod |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 hall | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hall | det |
| 15 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | present | They | a song | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent song=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | hear | past | she | the Gryphon | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer gryphon=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express | present | They not said here | the hall | early property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location |
Option 4
Each one comes out wrong because Alice is secretly trying to remember the names of everyone she has ever met in her whole life
The tree, 24 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADV | _ | 3 comes | advmod |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 comes | xcomp |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 trying | mark |
| 7 | Alice | Alice | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 trying | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 trying | aux |
| 9 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 10 trying | advmod |
| 10 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 comes | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 remember | mark |
| 12 | remember | remember | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 trying | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 names | det |
| 14 | names | name | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 remember | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 everyone | case |
| 16 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 14 names | nmod |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 met | nsubj |
| 18 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 met | aux |
| 19 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 20 met | advmod |
| 20 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 everyone | acl:relcl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 life | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 life | nmod:poss |
| 23 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 life | amod |
| 24 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 met | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | present | each one | out, wrong property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | try | present · progressive | Alice | secretly property | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | remember not said to happen | to-infinitive | Alice not said here | the names of everyone | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent name=Theme | ||||
| 4 | meet | present · perfect | Alice | Alice's whole life | ever | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | name | everyone | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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