Test 1 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

Abi: «the Queen was the judge, she had the wig on, innit.» (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Queen, Abi, innit · What happens: be, have on, innit, not be · To what, where: judge, wig, innit

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 21 «Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tarts? (the court and the first witness)» 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: Abi: «the Queen was the judge, she had the wig on, innit.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abi	Abi	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 innit	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 judge	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 judge	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 judge	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 judge	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 judge	det
8	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Abi	appos
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 judge	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wig	det
13	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	11 had	compound:prt
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Abi	punct
16	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	the Queen	the judge	tree rules
2	have on in a quote	past	Abi	the wig	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wig=Patient
3	innit in a quote	infinitive	Abi		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: (innit = isn't it) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 innit	punct
2	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	=	=	SYM	_	8 Put	punct
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 Put	cop
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 Put	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	nsubj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 it	punct
8	Put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 innit	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 Put	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	8 Put	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	innit	innit not said here				put, right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

The judge was the Queen, wearing her crown over the wig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Queen	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 Queen	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Queen	det
5	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wearing	punct
7	wearing	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 Queen	acl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 crown	nmod:poss
9	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 wig	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wig	det
12	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	the judge	the Queen		tree rules
2	wear	gerund	the Queen not said here	her crown	the wig	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme
3	crown		her = she			nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

The judge was the King, wearing his crown over the wig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wearing	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wearing	punct
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 crown	nmod:poss
9	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 wig	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wig	det
12	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · progressive	the judge	King's crown		the wig			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme
2	crown		King						nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The judge was the King, wearing his crown over the wig, and the Queen sat on the throne beside him

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 judge	det
2	judge	judge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wearing	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wearing	punct
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 crown	nmod:poss
9	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obj
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 wig	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wig	det
12	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sat	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 sat	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 Queen	det
16	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 sat	nsubj
17	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wearing	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 throne	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 throne	det
20	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sat	obl
21	beside	beside	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wear	past · progressive	the judge	King's crown	the wig		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=Theme
2	sit	past	the Queen		the throne	beside King	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location
3	crown		King				nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The jury was the King, wearing his hat under the wig

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jury	det
2	jury	jury	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 wearing	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 King	det
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 wearing	punct
7	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hat	nmod:poss
9	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obj
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 wig	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wig	det
12	wig	wig	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wearing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past · progressive	the jury	King's hat		the wig			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme

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