Test 15 · ★★ · Alice in Wonderland, chapter XI, part 1: Who Stole the Tar…
Looking back: in chapter VIII, what was the Knave of Hearts carrying in the procession?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: chapter · What happens: look back, be, carry · To what, where: Knave, procession
This is test 15 · ★★ 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 | VIII | VIII | NUM | NumForm=Roman NumType=Card | 5 chapter | flat |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Knave | punct |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 Knave | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Knave | cop |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Knave | det |
| 11 | Knave | Knave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 chapter | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Hearts | case |
| 13 | Hearts | Heart | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 Knave | nmod |
| 14 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Looking | advcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 procession | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 procession | det |
| 17 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 carrying | obl |
| 18 | ? | ? | 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 | is a | past | chapter | the Knave | of Hearts | tree rules | |||
| 3 | carry | gerund | the procession | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in procession=Location |
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
The Queen's sceptre on a golden tray
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sceptre | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Queen | case |
| 4 | sceptre | sceptre | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 tray | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 tray | det |
| 7 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tray | amod |
| 8 | tray | tray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sceptre | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 crown | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 King | case |
| 4 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 cushion | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cushion | det |
| 7 | crimson | crimson | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cushion | amod |
| 8 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cushion | compound |
| 9 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crown | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | the King | a crimson velvet cushion | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place |
Option 3
The King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion, carried proudly by the Knave in his chains
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 crown | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 King | case |
| 4 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 cushion | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cushion | det |
| 7 | crimson | crimson | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 cushion | amod |
| 8 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cushion | compound |
| 9 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crown | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 carried | punct |
| 11 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | proudly | proudly | ADV | _ | 11 carried | advmod |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 Knave | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Knave | det |
| 15 | Knave | Knave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 carried | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 chains | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 chains | nmod:poss |
| 18 | chains | chain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | participle · passive | the Knave | the King's crown on a crimson velvet cushion | King's chains | proudly property | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Value in chain=Location | ||
| 2 | crown | the King | a crimson velvet cushion | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place |
Option 4
The Queen's wig on a velvet cushion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wig | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Queen | case |
| 4 | wig | wig | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 cushion | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cushion | det |
| 7 | velvet | velvet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cushion | compound |
| 8 | cushion | cushion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wig | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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