Test 13 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…

Looking back: why does the Queen stare at the Hatter so hard, do you think?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: look back, do, think · To what, where: Queen stare

This is test 13 · ★★ 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	17 think	advcl
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Looking	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 does	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 does	advmod
5	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Looking	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 stare	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stare	compound
8	stare	stare	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 does	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 Hatter	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Hatter	det
11	Hatter	Hatter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stare	nmod
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 hard	advmod
13	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 does	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Looking	punct
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 think	aux
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 think	nsubj
17	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 think	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look back	gerund	you not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	do	present	you not said here	the Queen stare	at the Hatter; hard property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stare=Eventuality
3	think speech: other	present · do-support	you			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He's the one who «murdered the time» singing at her 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	4 one	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 murdered	nsubj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 murdered	punct
7	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 one	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 murdered	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 one	punct
11	singing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 one	acl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 concert	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 concert	nmod:poss
14	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 singing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the one			tree rules
2	murder in a quote	past	the one			time	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sing speech: express	gerund	the one not said here		her concert		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at concert=Location

Option 2

He is the Knave who stole all of her tarts today

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	4 Knave	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Knave	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Knave	det
4	Knave	knave	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 stole	nsubj
6	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Knave	acl:relcl
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 stole	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 tarts	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 tarts	nmod:poss
10	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 all	nmod
11	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stole	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the Knave					tree rules
2	steal	past	the Knave	all			today		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location all=Theme

Option 3

He has stolen her tarts and her crown

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 stolen	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stolen	aux
3	stolen	steal	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 tarts	nmod:poss
5	tarts	tart	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stolen	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 crown	cc
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 crown	nmod:poss
8	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stolen	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present · perfect	He	her tarts					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tart=Theme
2	crown		her = she						nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

He's the one who «murdered the time» singing at her concert, and he also owes the Queen a teacup

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	4 one	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 murdered	nsubj
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 murdered	punct
7	murdered	murder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 one	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 murdered	obj
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	7 murdered	punct
11	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 murdered	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 concert	case
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 concert	nmod:poss
14	concert	concert	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 singing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 owes	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 owes	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 owes	nsubj
18	also	also	ADV	_	19 owes	advmod
19	owes	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 one	parataxis
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Queen	det
21	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 owes	obj
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 teacup	det
23	teacup	teacup	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 owes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	is a	present	He	the one				tree rules
2	murder in a quote	past	the one				time	vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	sing speech: express	gerund	the one not said here			her concert		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at concert=Location
4	owe	present	he	a teacup	the Queen			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent queen=Goal teacup=Theme

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