Test 11 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

Looking back: in chapter IV, what happened to Bill the Lizard?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, happen · To what, where: Bill

This is test 11 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
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	IV	IV	NUM	NumForm=Roman NumType=Card	5 chapter	flat
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 happened	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 happened	nsubj
9	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chapter	acl:relcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 Bill	case
11	Bill	Bill	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 happened	obl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Lizard	det
13	Lizard	Lizard	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 Bill	appos
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund						in chapter	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in chapter=Theme
2	happen	past	chapter		Bill				vn occur-48.3-1 «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 was sent down the chimney

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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 chimney	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chimney	det
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send down	past · passive		He				down the chimney	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination chimney=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He was sent into the garden by the King, and Alice chased him away

The tree, 14 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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 garden	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 garden	det
6	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 King	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chased	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 chased	cc
12	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 chased	nsubj
13	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 chased	obj
15	away	away	ADV	_	13 chased	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · passive	the King	He		the garden			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	chase away	past	Alice	King				away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He was sent down the chimney, and Alice kicked him up «like a sky-rocket»

The tree, 15 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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 chimney	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chimney	det
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 kicked	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kicked	cc
9	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 kicked	nsubj
10	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 kicked	obj
12	up	up	ADP	_	10 kicked	compound:prt
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	18 rocket	punct
14	like	like	ADP	_	18 rocket	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 rocket	det
16	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rocket	compound
17	-	-	PUNCT	_	16 sky	punct
18	rocket	rocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kicked	obl
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send down	past · passive		He				down the chimney	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination chimney=Theme
2	kick up	past	Alice	him = he				like a sky rocket	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 4

He was sent up the chimney by Alice, who then ran off to the garden

The tree, 15 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 sent	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	aux:pass
3	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 sent	compound:prt
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 chimney	det
6	chimney	chimney	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Alice	case
8	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 sent	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 ran	punct
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 ran	nsubj
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 ran	advmod
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sent	conj
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 ran	compound:prt
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 garden	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 garden	det
16	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send up	past · passive	Alice	He					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination chimney=Theme
2	run off	past					then	to the garden result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to garden=Result

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