Test 12 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

Looking back: the Hatter says tea began on the fourteenth of March. What else happened «last March», he told Alice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hatter, tea · What happens: look back, say, begin, happen, tell · To what, where: fourteenth, Alice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ 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: Looking back: the Hatter says tea began on the fourteenth of March.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 says	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Hatter	det
5	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 began	nsubj
8	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 fourteenth	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fourteenth	det
11	fourteenth	fourteenth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 began	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 March	case
13	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 fourteenth	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	look back	gerund	the Hatter not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert	present	the Hatter		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	begin	past	tea	the fourteenth of March	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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 else happened «last March», he told Alice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happened	nsubj
2	else	else	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 told	ccomp
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 March	punct
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 March	amod
6	March	March	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 happened	parataxis
7	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 March	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 happened	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	nsubj
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 told	iobj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past						else property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	Hatter		Alice				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent alice=Recipient clause=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He lost his hat at the Queen's garden party

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	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hat	nmod:poss
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	10 party	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 party	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Queen	case
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 party	compound
10	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past	He	his hat		the Queen's garden party			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hat=Eventuality

Option 2

He quarrelled with Time at the Queen's concert, and then he lost his teacup in the garden

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	2 quarrelled	nsubj
2	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Time	case
4	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 quarrelled	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 concert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concert	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Queen	case
9	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quarrelled	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lost	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lost	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 lost	advmod
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lost	nsubj
14	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 quarrelled	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 teacup	nmod:poss
16	teacup	teacup	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lost	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 garden	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 garden	det
19	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quarrell	past	He			the Queen's concert	with Time		tree rules
2	lose	past	he	his teacup		the garden	then		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacup=Eventuality

Option 3

He quarrelled with Time at the Queen's concert, which was held in the great hall of the palace

The tree, 19 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	2 quarrelled	nsubj
2	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Time	case
4	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 quarrelled	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 concert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concert	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Queen	case
9	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quarrelled	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 held	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 held	nsubj:pass
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 held	aux:pass
13	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 concert	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 hall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hall	det
16	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 hall	amod
17	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 held	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 palace	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 palace	det
20	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hall	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quarrell	past	He			the Queen's concert	with Time		tree rules
2	hold	past · passive		the Queen's concert		the great hall of the palace			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in hall=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He quarrelled with Time at the Queen's concert

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	2 quarrelled	nsubj
2	quarrelled	quarrell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 Time	case
4	Time	Time	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 quarrelled	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 concert	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 concert	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Queen	case
9	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 quarrelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quarrell	past	He			the Queen's concert	with Time		tree rules

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