Test 8 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter X, part 2: The Lobster Quadri…

Ben from Liverpool: «the Gryphon was boss happy Alice picked the song.» (boss = great) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, boss · What happens: be, put · To what, where: song

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: Ben from Liverpool: «the Gryphon was boss happy Alice picked the song.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 picked	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Liverpool	case
3	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ben	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 picked	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 picked	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Gryphon	det
7	Gryphon	Gryphon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 picked	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 picked	cop
9	boss	boss	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Alice	amod
10	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 Alice	amod
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 picked	nsubj
12	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 song	det
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 picked	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 picked	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 picked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	Ben from Liverpool					pick property	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: (boss = great) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct
2	boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Put	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 great	punct
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boss	appos
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	4 great	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive	boss	song				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He was offended: «Hm! No accounting for tastes!»

Sentence 1: He was offended: «Hm!

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 offended	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 offended	cop
3	offended	offended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 Hm	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Hm	punct
6	Hm	hm	INTJ	_	3 offended	discourse
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 offended	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					offended property	tree rules

Sentence 2: No accounting for tastes!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 accounting	det
2	accounting	accounting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 tastes	case
4	tastes	taste	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 accounting	nmod
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 accounting	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 accounting	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

He was thrilled, and clapped, saying «What a clever girl, you have the very best taste in all the sea»

The tree, 20 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 thrilled	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrilled	cop
3	thrilled	thrilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 clapped	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 clapped	cc
6	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thrilled	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 saying	punct
8	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 clapped	advcl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 girl	punct
10	What	what	DET	PronType=Int	13 girl	det:predet
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 girl	det
12	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 girl	amod
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saying	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 have	punct
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 have	nsubj
16	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 thrilled	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 taste	det
18	very	very	ADV	_	19 best	advmod
19	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 taste	amod
20	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	24 sea	case
22	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 sea	det:predet
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 sea	det
24	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 have	obl
25	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 thrilled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	He			thrilled property	tree rules
2	clap	past	He not said here				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	gerund	He not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	have in a quote	present	you	the best taste	all sea		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient

Option 3

He was offended, and muttered that nobody here understands good taste, and he would rather have the Quadrille

The tree, 18 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 offended	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 offended	cop
3	offended	offended	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 muttered	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 muttered	cc
6	muttered	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 offended	conj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 understands	mark
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 understands	nsubj
9	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 nobody	advmod
10	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 muttered	ccomp
11	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 taste	amod
12	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 understands	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 have	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 have	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 have	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 have	aux
17	rather	rather	ADV	_	18 have	advmod
18	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 offended	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Quadrille	det
20	Quadrille	quadrille	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	He		offended property	tree rules
2	mutter speech: assert	past	He not said here			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	understand	present	nobody	good taste		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer taste=Stimulus
4	have	would	he	the Quadrille		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quadrille=Patient

Option 4

He was delighted: «Ha! Good taste indeed!»

Sentence 1: He was delighted: «Ha!

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 delighted	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 delighted	cop
3	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 delighted	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 Ha	punct
6	Ha	ha	INTJ	_	3 delighted	discourse
7	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 delighted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					delighted property	tree rules

Sentence 2: Good taste indeed!»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 taste	amod
2	taste	taste	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	2 taste	advmod
4	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 taste	punct
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 taste	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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